Mark Glanville

Dr. Mark R. Glanville works as Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Mark’s latest book is Preaching in a New Key: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities (2025). Mark is an accomplished jazz pianist, and hosts the Blue Note Theology Podcast from his grand piano. He is the author of Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul (2024). Glanville previously ministered in missional urban communities in Canada and Australia.

Latest Articles

Featured image for “Preaching in a New Key: A Preacher’s Holistic Health”
Mark Glanville

Preaching in a New Key: A Preacher’s Holistic Health

Featured image for “Preaching in a New Key: Reversing the Direction of Flow”
Mark Glanville

Preaching in a New Key: Reversing the Direction of Flow

Featured image for “Mission Shapes Us In The Going”
Jacob Hoyer

Mission Shapes Us In The Going

Featured image for “An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 2)”
Sherene Joseph

An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 2)

Featured image for “An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 1)”
Sherene Joseph

An Invitation to Explore the Mystical Heart of God (Pt. 1)

Featured image for “I Set Out to End Racism and Failed”
Oneya Okuwobi

I Set Out to End Racism and Failed

Featured image for “An Unwasted Witness: Depression, Tears, and the Kingdom of God”
Katelyn J. Dixon

An Unwasted Witness: Depression, Tears, and the Kingdom of God

Featured image for “The Mothering Love of God: Our Unacknowledged Longing”
Amber H. Jones

The Mothering Love of God: Our Unacknowledged Longing

Featured image for “The Borderlands: What Will We Do?”
Liliana Reza

The Borderlands: What Will We Do?

Featured image for “More Than A Museum For Saints”
Benjamin Park

More Than A Museum For Saints

Featured image for “Reflections on Awakenings 2025 from The Englewood Review of Books”
Christopher Smith

Lindsey Cornett

Reflections on Awakenings 2025 from The Englewood Review of Books

Featured image for “Embers in the Campfire: Awakenings 2025 Day 3”
Missio Alliance

Embers in the Campfire: Awakenings 2025 Day 3

Featured image for “What If We Gave It All Back?: Awakenings 2025 Day 2”
Missio Alliance

What If We Gave It All Back?: Awakenings 2025 Day 2

Featured image for “Lace Up Your Jordans: Awakenings 2025 Day 1”
Missio Alliance

Lace Up Your Jordans: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

Featured image for “The Great Re-Commission: Awakenings 2025 Day 1”
Missio Alliance

The Great Re-Commission: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

Featured image for “Cherry Trees in the Budding Season: Awakenings 2025 Day 1”
Missio Alliance

Cherry Trees in the Budding Season: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

Featured image for “The Future of Digital Ecclesiology”
Mark Lutz

The Future of Digital Ecclesiology

Featured image for “Remembering For the Sake of Our Souls”
Amanda Hecht

Remembering For the Sake of Our Souls

Featured image for “Jesus As Entrepreneur (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)”
Emily Beth Hill

Jesus As Entrepreneur (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

Featured image for “The Immigrant Canary Stuck in the American Evangelical Coal Mine”
Daniel Yang

The Immigrant Canary Stuck in the American Evangelical Coal Mine

Featured image for “Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 2)”
David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 2)

Featured image for “Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 1)”
David Swanson

Faithful Mission Through The Chaos (Part 1)

Featured image for “Discerning 2024: Our Leading Voices”
Missio Alliance

Discerning 2024: Our Leading Voices

Featured image for “Sabbath Isn’t About Stopping”
Eun Strawser

Sabbath Isn’t About Stopping

Featured image for “In Christ, God Has Drawn Staggeringly Near”
Andrew Arndt

In Christ, God Has Drawn Staggeringly Near

Featured image for “The Welcome Rise of Co-Vocational Church Planters”
Brad Brisco

The Welcome Rise of Co-Vocational Church Planters

Featured image for “Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 3)”
Amber H. Jones

Sherene Joseph

Bethany Becker

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 3)

Featured image for “Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 2)”
Amanda Hecht

Benjamin Park

Emily Beth Hill

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 2)

Featured image for “Sexism in the Church Decreases Missional Effectiveness”
Heather Matthews

Sexism in the Church Decreases Missional Effectiveness

Featured image for “Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 1)”
Vatreisha Nyemba

Lamont Hartman

Cheryl You

Reflections on Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church (Pt. 1)

Featured image for “The Reign of Christ the King (A Sermon Feast)”
Andrew Arndt

The Reign of Christ the King (A Sermon Feast)

Featured image for “Radical Discomfort: The Crux of Incarnational Mission”
Steph Armstrong

Radical Discomfort: The Crux of Incarnational Mission

Featured image for “Helping them Stay: Mature Believers and the Local Church (Pt. 2)”
Ken Van Vliet

Helping them Stay: Mature Believers and the Local Church (Pt. 2)

Featured image for “Helping them Stay: Mature Believers and the Local Church (Pt. 1)”
Ken Van Vliet

Helping them Stay: Mature Believers and the Local Church (Pt. 1)

Featured image for “Christianity’s Growing Cultural Identity Crisis”
Robert Chao Romero

Christianity’s Growing Cultural Identity Crisis

Featured image for “Biblical Justice Includes Justice for Women”
Heather Matthews

Biblical Justice Includes Justice for Women

Featured image for “Rewilding the Mission of the Church”
Rowland Smith

Rewilding the Mission of the Church

Featured image for “Reconciling to Place”
David Swanson

Reconciling to Place

Featured image for “Maroon Church: Desert Wisdom for Fugitive Worlds”
Joshua E. Livingston

Maroon Church: Desert Wisdom for Fugitive Worlds

Featured image for “Coping with Persistent Relational Isolation as a Pastor of Color”
Lamont Hartman

Coping with Persistent Relational Isolation as a Pastor of Color

Featured image for “El Encanto Latino: Un Regalo Para La Iglesia”
Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

El Encanto Latino: Un Regalo Para La Iglesia

Featured image for “The Latino Encanto: Gifts for the Church”
Gaby Viesca

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

The Latino Encanto: Gifts for the Church

Featured image for “Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us”
Liliana Reza

Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us

Featured image for “Restoring A Masterpiece: God’s Tender Care For Sexual Assault Victims”
Bethany Becker

Restoring A Masterpiece: God’s Tender Care For Sexual Assault Victims

Featured image for “Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church”
Missio Alliance

Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church

Featured image for “Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)”
Heather Matthews

Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)

Featured image for “Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)”
Emily Beth Hill

Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

Featured image for “Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church”
Amanda Hecht

Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church

Featured image for “Finding Our Voice: Introducing the 2024 Writing Fellows Cohort”
Chris Kamalski

Oneya Okuwobi

Finding Our Voice: Introducing the 2024 Writing Fellows Cohort

Featured image for “What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership”
Mandy Smith

What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership

Featured image for “Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones”
Alex Booker

Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones

Featured image for “Why Haven’t We Made More Progress?”
Nicole Doyley

Why Haven’t We Made More Progress?

Featured image for “Theopoetics: Breathing Fresh Life into Faith Communities (Part 2)”
Michelle Winter

Theopoetics: Breathing Fresh Life into Faith Communities (Part 2)

Featured image for “Theopoetics: Breathing Fresh Life into Faith Communities (Part 1)”
Michelle Winter

Theopoetics: Breathing Fresh Life into Faith Communities (Part 1)

Featured image for “In the House of Belonging: Healing Church Hurt Through Church (Part 2)”
Katelyn J. Dixon

In the House of Belonging: Healing Church Hurt Through Church (Part 2)

Featured image for “In the House of Belonging: Healing Church Hurt Through Church (Part 1)”
Katelyn J. Dixon

In the House of Belonging: Healing Church Hurt Through Church (Part 1)

Featured image for “Standing in the Middle of the World: A Bicultural Story of Finding Belonging”
Prasanta Verma

Standing in the Middle of the World: A Bicultural Story of Finding Belonging

Featured image for “Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit”
Eun Strawser

Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit

Featured image for “The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)”
MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)

Featured image for “The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)”
MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)