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Featured image for “Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us”

Liliana Reza
Sep / 2024

Acompañamiento: The Sacred Between Us

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

Bethany Becker
Sep / 2024

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

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Missio Alliance

Missio Alliance
Sep / 2024

Missio Alliance

Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church

Featured image for “Spiritual Formation In My Mundane (Actual) Life”

Sherene Joseph
Aug / 2024

Spiritual Formation In My Mundane (Actual) Life

Featured image for “The Costco Run: Confronting My True Self”

Benjamin Park
Aug / 2024

The Costco Run: Confronting My True Self

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

Heather Matthews

Heather Matthews
Aug / 2024

Heather Matthews

Every Woman Has a Story (of Sexism)

Featured image for “Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts”

Vatreisha Nyemba

Vatreisha Nyemba
Aug / 2024

Vatreisha Nyemba

Arise and Shine: Missional Living that Boldly Confronts

Featured image for “My Country Isn’t The Kingdom”

Miranda Zapor Cruz

Miranda Zapor Cruz
Aug / 2024

Miranda Zapor Cruz

My Country Isn’t The Kingdom

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

Emily Hill
Aug / 2024

Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

Featured image for “The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor”

Cheryl You
Aug / 2024

The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor

Featured image for “The Common Good: What is Freedom For?”

Amber H. Jones
Aug / 2024

The Common Good: What is Freedom For?

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

Amanda Hecht
Aug / 2024

Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church

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

Chris Kamalski and Oneya Okuwobi

Chris Kamalski
Aug / 2024

Chris Kamalski and 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
Jul / 2024

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

Featured image for “Seek the Welfare of the City”

Chris Kamalski
Jul / 2024

Seek the Welfare of the City

Featured image for “Unexpected Disaster (The Broad Path)”

Rich Villodas
Jul / 2024

Unexpected Disaster (The Broad Path)

Featured image for “Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression”

Dennis R. Edwards

Dennis R. Edwards
Jul / 2024

Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

Featured image for “A False Dichotomy: Am I Black or Am I Christian?”

Joylanda Jamison

Joylanda Jamison
Jul / 2024

Joylanda Jamison

A False Dichotomy: Am I Black or Am I Christian?

Featured image for “Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones”

Alex Booker
Jul / 2024

Walking Amongst Our Dry Bones

Featured image for “Flourishing and Cruciformity: Paradoxical Tensions in the Christian Life”

Sahr Mbriwa
Jun / 2024

Flourishing and Cruciformity: Paradoxical Tensions in the Christian Life

Featured image for “The Longest Night in the South: Winter is a Time for Enchantment”

Karina Kreminski

Karina Kreminski
Jun / 2024

Karina Kreminski

The Longest Night in the South: Winter is a Time for Enchantment

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

Nicole Doyley
Jun / 2024

Why Haven’t We Made More Progress?

Featured image for “Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown”

Todd Deatherage

Todd Deatherage
Jun / 2024

Todd Deatherage

Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown

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

Michelle Winter

Michelle Winter
Jun / 2024

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

Michelle Winter
Jun / 2024

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

Katelyn J. Dixon
Jun / 2024

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

Katelyn J. Dixon
Jun / 2024

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
May / 2024

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
May / 2024

Assimilation Displaces, and the Church is Complicit

Featured image for “Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 2)”

Carolyn Custis James

Carolyn Custis James
May / 2024

Carolyn Custis James

Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 2)

Featured image for “Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 1)”

Carolyn Custis James

Carolyn Custis James
May / 2024

Carolyn Custis James

Dismantling Patriarchy to Recover the Blessed Alliance (Part 1)

Featured image for “Embracing Your Vocation for the Second Half of Life”

Trisha Welstad
May / 2024

Embracing Your Vocation for the Second Half of Life

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

MaryKate Morse
May / 2024

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
May / 2024

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

Featured image for “A Joyful Orientation”

Josiah Hoagland

Josiah Hoagland
May / 2024

Josiah Hoagland

A Joyful Orientation

Featured image for “The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness”

Daniel E. Harris

Daniel E. Harris
May / 2024

Daniel E. Harris

The Church is Strangely Fascinated with Youthfulness

Featured image for “The Elimination of Friction: An Opposing Perspective Is Deeply Formative”

Jason Gaboury
Apr / 2024

The Elimination of Friction: An Opposing Perspective Is Deeply Formative

Featured image for “Disruption in the Life of the Church: Then”

Dennis R. Edwards

Dennis R. Edwards
Apr / 2024

Dennis R. Edwards

Disruption in the Life of the Church: Then

Featured image for “Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression”

Dennis R. Edwards

Dennis R. Edwards
Apr / 2024

Dennis R. Edwards

Listening to Black Voices Experiencing Oppression

Featured image for “What Shall We Do With Our Anger?”

Andrew Arndt
Apr / 2024

What Shall We Do With Our Anger?

Featured image for “Resting in the Divine Current”

Mandy Smith
Apr / 2024

Resting in the Divine Current

Featured image for “Our Deep Desire is to be Witnessed”

Phillip Lewis
Apr / 2024

Our Deep Desire is to be Witnessed

Featured image for “The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity”

David Swanson
Apr / 2024

The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring White Christianity

Featured image for “A Poetic Theology of the Cross: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd and Mandy Smith”

Mandy Smith
Mar / 2024

A Poetic Theology of the Cross: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd and Mandy Smith

Featured image for “Heaven at Our Fingertips”

Katelyn J. Dixon

Katelyn J. Dixon
Mar / 2024

Katelyn J. Dixon

Heaven at Our Fingertips

Featured image for “Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well”

MaryKate Morse and Missio Alliance

MaryKate Morse
Mar / 2024

MaryKate Morse and Missio Alliance

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

Featured image for “Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom”

Mark Glanville
Mar / 2024

Awakening to Creation is Key for Flourishing Churches in Post-Christendom

Featured image for “Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate”

MaryKate Morse
Mar / 2024

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

Featured image for “The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective”

Ruth Padilla DeBorst

Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Mar / 2024

Ruth Padilla DeBorst

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

Featured image for “Injecting the Tonic of Humility: Could Political Healing Come From An Unexpected Quarter?”

Ian McFadden
Mar / 2024

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

Featured image for “I Need A Good Shout!”

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Feb / 2024

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

I Need A Good Shout!

Featured image for “The State of the Church in America Through the Lens of Contemplation”

Tracy Mathews
Feb / 2024

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

Featured image for “Informed But Not Transformed: The Power of Art in Our Formation (Pt. 2)”

Steve Noble
Feb / 2024

Informed But Not Transformed: The Power of Art in Our Formation (Pt. 2)

Featured image for “Informed But Not Transformed: Critiquing the Banking System of Education (Pt. 1)”

Steve Noble
Feb / 2024

Informed But Not Transformed: Critiquing the Banking System of Education (Pt. 1)

Featured image for “To Keep A True Lent”

Chris Kamalski and Missio Alliance

Chris Kamalski
Feb / 2024

Chris Kamalski and Missio Alliance

To Keep A True Lent

Featured image for “The Loaves and Fish Paradox: Planting a Church While Bi-Vocational”

Macho Lara
Jan / 2024

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

Featured image for “The Disruption of Life”

Miriam Swanson
Jan / 2024

The Disruption of Life

Featured image for “2023: A Year In Review”

Missio Alliance

Missio Alliance
Jan / 2024

Missio Alliance

2023: A Year In Review

Featured image for “Politic, Not Party”

Jason Barnhart
Jan / 2024

Politic, Not Party

Featured image for “Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired”

Mandy Smith
Jan / 2024

Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired