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Heather Matthews

Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)

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Vatreisha Nyemba

Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts

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Miranda Zapor Cruz

My Country Isn’t The Kingdom

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Cheryl You

The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor

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Amber H. Jones

The Common Good: What is Freedom For?

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Amanda Hecht

Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church

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Mandy Smith

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

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Chris Kamalski

Seek the Welfare of the City

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Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

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Alex Booker

Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones

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Sahr Mbriwa

Flourishing and Cruciformity: Paradoxical Tensions in the Christian Life

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Todd Deatherage

Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown

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Katelyn J. Dixon

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

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Katelyn J. Dixon

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

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Prasanta Verma

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

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MaryKate Morse

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

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MaryKate Morse

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

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Josiah Hoagland

A Joyful Orientation

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Daniel E. Harris

The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness

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Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

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Andrew Arndt

What Shall We Do With Our Anger?

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Phillip Lewis

Our Deep Desire is to be Witnessed

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David Swanson

The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

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Katelyn J. Dixon

Heaven at Our Fingertips

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MaryKate Morse

Missio Alliance

Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well

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MaryKate Morse

Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate

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Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

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Ian McFadden

Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

I Need A Good Shout!

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Tracy Mathews

The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation

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Macho Lara

The Loaves and Fish Paradox: Planting a Church While Bi-Vocational

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Jason Barnhart

Politic, Not Party

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Mandy Smith

Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired

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Missio Alliance

Chris Kamalski

Reflectively Listening to a New Year

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Mayra Ramos

Blue Christmas: Is it Really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

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Ted Kim

Advent: Hope is a Mountain

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting For God

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Missio Alliance

A Thanksgiving Liturgy: Before A Meal

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Liz Cooledge Jenkins

The Church Needs Women’s Lofty Dreams

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Jen Ashby

Single in the Church: How Church Practices Are Including or Excluding Single Adults

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Alyssa Bell

Embodied Spiritual Formation for the Mothering Pastor

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Missio Alliance

Jer Swigart

Jon Huckins

Rich Villodas

Lisa Rodriguez-Watson

Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza

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MaryKate Morse

When We Are a House Divided

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Mariah Humphries

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Andrew Arndt

The Speed of Love

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Sherin Swift

Nine Lessons For Christian Leaders (Who Also Happen To Be Female)

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Mariah Humphries

The American Church: Has God Left The Building?

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Gino Curcuruto

Surprised by God at Tables: Extending the Eucharist Into the Neighborhood (Pt. 2)

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Gino Curcuruto

Surprised by God at Tables: On The Eucharist as Mission (Pt. 1)

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Chris Kamalski

To Grow Nature Is To Encourage More Of It

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Chris Kamalski

Attending to God’s Presence While Watching My Garden

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Kris Beckert

God Finds Us In Nature: An Environment of Healing (Pt. 2)

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Kris Beckert

God Finds Us In Nature: A Place of Encounter (Pt. 1)

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Catherine McNiel

The Spiritual Practice of Summer

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Amy Davis Abdallah

How to Celebrate a Meaningful Name Change: ‘Consecrated Woman in Ministry’ to Reverend

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth

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Juliet Liu

When a Day Off Isn’t Enough: Sabbatical Rest Sustains Pastoral Health for the Long-Haul

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Chris Rice

Pentecost DNA Forms Border-Crossing Christians

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Angie Ward

The Least of These: Reflections on Learning to Practice a Faith Without Margins

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JR Woodward

Developing an Imitation-Based Framework of Healthy Leadership in Christ (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part III)