Christopher Smith

C. Christopher Smith is the Founding Editor of the Englewood Review of Books and the author of Slow Church (2014), Reading for the Common Good (2016), and The Virtue of Dialogue (2025). All of Chris's work — reading, writing, speaking — focuses on helping congregations cultivate a deeper life together by reading, thinking, imagining, and most importantly, by talking together. He regularly teaches these interwoven practices in congregational, academic, denominational, and ecumenical settings.

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Christopher Smith

Lindsey Cornett

Reflections on Awakenings 2025 from The Englewood Review of Books

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Missio Alliance

Embers in the Campfire: Awakenings 2025 Day 3

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Missio Alliance

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

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Missio Alliance

Lace Up Your Jordans: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

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Missio Alliance

The Great Re-Commission: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

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Missio Alliance

Cherry Trees in the Budding Season: Awakenings 2025 Day 1

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Amber H. Jones

Sherene Joseph

Bethany Becker

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

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Amanda Hecht

Benjamin Park

Emily Beth Hill

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

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Vatreisha Nyemba

Lamont Hartman

Cheryl You

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

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David Swanson

Reconciling to Place

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Missio Alliance

Wholeness and Beauty in the Life of the Church

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Amanda Hecht

Walking Toward Shalom: Hospice Wisdom for a Declining Church

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Origin Stories Matter: On Juneteenth

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Emily Beth Hill

Economics Within the Reality of the New Creation (Captive to Capitalism, Part 4)

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Kyuboem Lee

Seminaries in the Crucible: What Will Emerge? (Disruption in Theological Education, Pt. 2)

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Dominique Gilliard

The Dangers of Misunderstanding Privilege

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Adam Gustine

Becoming a Just Church

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David Swanson

Read this Book If You Want to Minister Holistically in a Fractured World

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Rich Villodas

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

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Al Tizon

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Your Shalom Come: Where Can Hope Be Found in Our Day?

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Tony Caldwell

4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

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Karina Kreminski

3 Practices that Welcome Heaven Into Your Neighborhood

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Kyuboem Lee

Christian Witness in a Time of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric