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Kris Beckert

Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It

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Rich Villodas

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

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J.R. Briggs

Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute

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Winn Collier

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

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Mandy Smith

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

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Ben Sternke

Matt Tebbe

Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church

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Levi Jones

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

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Andrea Summers

3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission

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Seth Richardson

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

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Mandy Smith

What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You”

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Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

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Kayla Craig

Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

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Al Tizon

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Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?

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Mandy Smith

The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church

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Rich Villodas

7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

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Tony Caldwell

4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

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Sean Palmer

How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People

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Ruth Haley Barton

A Remedy for Your Exhaustion

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Seth Richardson

Is (Healthy) Cross-Gendered Ministry Even Possible?

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Derek Vreeland

We’ve Gotten Salvation All Wrong: Let’s Reclaim the Heart of Christian Discipleship

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Christy Rood

When Ministry Leads to Resentment – What Do You Do?

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Deb Gregory

Prayer as Liminal Space with Alice Fryling

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Mandy Smith

Overcoming Scarcity Thinking in Post-Christian Mission (A Lesson from Gandalf)

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MaryKate Morse

Evangelism, Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation: Which is What?

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Deb Gregory

The Way of the Cross: A Meditative Guide for Holy Week

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Mandy Smith

The Surprising Power of Those on the Margins (and how it can be abused)

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Karen Wilk

A Lenten Prayer of Repentance for When We Have Failed Our Neighborhood

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Mandy Smith

The Defiant Act of Prophetic “Foolishness” in Serious Times

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Emily Beth Hill

American Christians: Are We Being Formed by Christ or Capitalism?

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Dorothy Littell Greco

In A World of Enmity, Christ Calls us To Empathy – Here’s What We Have to Know and Do

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Mandy Smith

What I’m Doing to Kindle My Hope That God is Making All Things New: Will You Join Me?

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MaryKate Morse

A Lenten Journey for Healing Gender Relations

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Derek Vreeland

Self-Awareness and the Enneagram: A Response to Kevin DeYoung

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Dennis R. Edwards

Why I Needed Women Seminary Professors: A Response to John Piper

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Carolyn Custis James

Why John Piper Needs Help from Female Seminary Professors

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Mandy Smith

Feel Powerless in Your Efforts to Invite Minority Voices? You May be Closer to a Way Forward Than You Think!

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Gena Thomas

To Leaders in 2018: Why You Must Lead Us in Lament (and How)

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Lesa Engelthaler

Finding the Strength to Love from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Derek Vreeland

A Trinitarian Vision of Spiritual Transformation

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Juliet Liu

Essential Reads 2017: Seven New Books by Our Missio Alliance Authors

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Sean Palmer

Is Your Pastor Shaped More by a Tablet or a Table?

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Juliet Liu

The Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2017

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MaryKate Morse

3 Formational Practices for Difficult Conversations Every Church Can Learn

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Mandy Smith

Here’s How You Can Guide Your Church through Gender Role Conversations

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Rich Villodas

Advent: Four Elements of “Wait Training”

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Nikki Toyama-Szeto

From #RubyWooPilgrimage to a Pilgrimage of the Ordinary

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Lesa Engelthaler

Are Thoughts and Prayers Enough for a Troubled World?

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David Fitch

Try This Strategy: Start With Twelve

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Missio Alliance

This Is What A Leader Looks Like

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Kris Beckert

What to Do When You Hear “Doesn’t the Bible Teach Against Women Pastors?”

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Bendict Atkins

Moving from One-on-One Mentorship Toward Inclusive & Effective Leadership

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Kyuboem Lee

Communion, a Counter-Monument

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J.R. Briggs

9 Ridiculously Practical Ways for Male Leaders to Empower Female Leaders in the Church

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Sean Palmer

Why Christians Are Incapable of Racial Healing

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Karina Kreminski

Four Ways Church Attendance Hinders Mission

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Seth Richardson

The Drug Dealer of Choice for Anxious Pastors

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Karina Kreminski

These Six Questions Reveal How Well You are Engaged in Your Neighborhood

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Sean Palmer

Served or Serving: Curing the Sickness That’s Killing The Church

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Kris Beckert

What Happens if You Only Evaluate Your Ministry?

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Michael Carlson

Four Reasons Why Jesus Should Captivate Your Mind More Than the President