Seth Richardson

Seth Richardson is an Anglican priest, leading Resurrection Little Rock, an Anglican contemplative community in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he lives with his wife Caralisa and their two daughters, Ruth and Lydia. He is also the director of a congregational research/consulting initiative called Gravity Congregational Transformation (with Gravity Leadership). Seth holds a doctorate in Contextual Theology from Northern Seminary. He probably drinks too much coffee.

Latest Articles

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Seth Richardson

The Gospel Is Inherently Social and That Should Change the Way We Lead

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QuaWanna Bannarbie

The Call and Response of Community Lament

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Emily Beth Hill

Understanding Branding Before You Market Your Church (Captive to Capitalism, Part 2)

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Juliet Liu

Contemplative Spirituality Provides a Trauma-Informed Approach to Growing Healthier Churches

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Samantha Rauh

Yes, Your Church Can Start a Special Needs Ministry

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Dennae Pierre

The Distance Between Us—and the Choice to Draw Near

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Donnell Wyche

Rejecting the Lie that Life Has to Be This Way

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Richard Lee

How Hurricane Ida Blew Apart One Church’s Launch Plans for the Better

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Jennie McLaurin

From Walking Wounded to Caring Community: Learning to Heal like a Body

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Tara Beth Leach

Shaping Holy People, not Holy Persons

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Fred Liggin

Five Steps to Marathon Together in Peacemaking and Justice Seeking

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Wendy Gierhart

Why Ecclesiology Matters in the Age of COVID-19

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Anthony Siegrist

The Economy is Making Many Jobs Obsolete—How Churches Can Be Different

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Kris Beckert

Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Non-Mom

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Emily Hallock

A Man of Honor: What Same-Sex-Attracted Christians Can Give the Church

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Matt Ingalls

Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us

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David Fitch

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

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Kayla Craig

Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

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Andrew Arndt

Christianity Isn’t Personal or Public—It’s Both

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Steve Dancause

What We’ve Failed to See About Being Created in God’s Image

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Mandy Smith

The Hidden Potential in an Awkward Family Thanksgiving

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Diverse Perspectives on Leading Multi-Cultural Missional Communities

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Karina Kreminski

Four Everyday Disciplines You Must Have to Experience Community

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Karina Kreminski

Stop Using The Word Community Unless You Mean It

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Mandy Smith

Our “NOT Going Away” Party: Celebrating the Sending and the Staying

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Aaron Niequist

Should worship only be about God and me?

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Scott Lencke

What If Not All Are Called As Disciple Makers? – Part One

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Derek Vreeland

Virtual Community is No Community at All

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Derek Vreeland

Is the Holy Spirit the Love Between the Father and the Son?

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Fred Liggin

Peter’s Story: Why Does the Church Reject When It Ought To Embrace?

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Trudy Smith

Becoming #TrulyHuman: Lessons From a Muslim Slum

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Karina Kreminski

A #TrulyHuman Challenge: Is Church Meant To Be Safe?

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Tara Beth Leach

Becoming #TrulyHuman…Together

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Ben Sternke

Being #TrulyHuman Means Having Nothing to Prove, Nothing to Hide, and Nothing to Lose

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Ruthie Johnson

#ChurchTrending: A New Narrative for Singleness

Ruthie Johnson

Meals as Mission: Unity as our Identity in Christ

Ruthie Johnson

Unity in the Kingdom: On Faith and Food

Seth Richardson

Where “Wish Dreams” Come to Die

A.J. Swoboda

Absurd Community

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Missio Alliance

David Fitch on Individualism & Mission

Charles Self

When the Spirit Comes: New Creation and New Community

Efrem Smith

Family as Ministry