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The Speed of Love
Nine Lessons For Christian Leaders (Who Also Happen To Be Female)
The American Church: Has God Left The Building?
Surprised by God at Tables: Extending the Eucharist Into the Neighborhood (Pt. 2)
Surprised by God at Tables: On The Eucharist as Mission (Pt. 1)
To Grow Nature Is To Encourage More Of It
Attending to God’s Presence While Watching My Garden
God Finds Us In Nature: An Environment of Healing (Pt. 2)
God Finds Us In Nature: A Place of Encounter (Pt. 1)
The Spiritual Practice of Summer
How to Celebrate a Meaningful Name Change: ‘Consecrated Woman in Ministry’ to Reverend
Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth
When a Day Off Isn’t Enough: Sabbatical Rest Sustains Pastoral Health for the Long-Haul
Pentecost DNA Forms Border-Crossing Christians
The Least of These: Reflections on Learning to Practice a Faith Without Margins
Developing an Imitation-Based Framework of Healthy Leadership in Christ (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part III)
The Radical Practice of Christian Hospitality
Called, Not Conscripted (to Celibacy)
10 Things I’m (Still) Learning as a Pastor
Reflections from the Boundary Zone
I Don’t Want God to ‘Use’ Me
Seminaries in the Crucible: What is Being Forged? (Disruption in Theological Education, Pt. 1)
Wait for Each Other: Receiving One Another As Siblings in Christ (Pt. 2)
Truth-Telling: An Integrated Engagement With Our Differentiated Self (More Than Words, Pt. 2)
Reflection and Anticipation: Missio Alliance Staff on 2022 and the Future
Truth-Telling: A Just Movement Toward Human Flourishing (More Than Words, Pt. 1)
Sticking With It When the Church Is in Decline
A Season of Disruption: An Introduction to Our First Long-Form Series
What’s the Matter with Church Branding? (Captive to Capitalism, Part 3)
Christians and the Forgotten Federal Indian Boarding School Connection
Understanding Branding Before You Market Your Church (Captive to Capitalism, Part 2)
A Dialogue on Kingdom and Country with Angie Ward
Examining How the Economy Disciples Us (Captive to Capitalism series, Part 1)
Humility: A Missing Ingredient
How Our Ignorance Slows Racial Justice and What We Can Do About It
Juneteenth: A Day for Joy and Truth-Telling
My Southern Baptist Stories: A Plea to the Church
Yes, Your Church Can Start a Special Needs Ministry
What Does Loving Your Enemies Look Like in 2022?
Two Paths Toward Discovering Gravity and God’s Mystery
Six Ways to Respond to People Leaving Church
The Unremarkable Growth of Peace in God’s Kingdom
Top 10 Articles of 2021
The Distance Between Us—and the Choice to Draw Near
What Will Keep Us from Building a Church in the Ruins?
The Special Needs of Special Needs Ministries
Making the Shift: Moving to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part Two)
Making the Shift: A Roadmap to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part One)
Is Our Gospel of Love Truly About Love?
How Hurricane Ida Blew Apart One Church’s Launch Plans for the Better
Eight Better Ways to Talk about Religion
A Call for Pastor-Medics to Help Heal the Church
How Complete Is Your Gospel?
The Different Kind of Leaders Needed for the Future of the Church
Why Worship Together? Three Paradigms of Congregational Worship
Seventeen Resources on Women and Men in Mutual Leadership
From Interrogated to Reimagined: the Evolution of the Multiethnic Church (Part 2)
From Invisible to Interrogated: the Evolution of the Multiethnic Church (Part 1)
Understanding the Whole Good News of the Gospel
