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3 Practices to Stay on Mission in a Fast-Gentrifying Landscape

The Great Vigil: The Best Liturgical Practice You’ve Never Heard Of

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5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings

Jesus Died So God Wouldn’t Be Angry With Us Anymore…and Other Misunderstandings about the Cross

In the Aftermath of the United Methodist Vote, There Are No Winners

The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

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

The Music We Need For Lent

One Place You Can Go to Recover from the Noise of Ministry’s Demands

Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It

When the Church Seems Powerless—What If It’s Our Doing?

Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.

What the Collision Between Covington Catholic School Boys and Nathan Phillips Reveals About White Supremacy

Spiritual Director, Counselor, and Pastor: Who Does What?

Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors

What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

Church, Today We Need Dr. King’s Vision of Justice

Racism and The Dying American Church

The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany

What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?

A Brief Theology of Walls

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

One Pastor’s Journey to the Border and What She Found There

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

Believing Our Carols at Christmas: Embracing Our Brother, the Slave

The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel Today: Racism and the White Church

How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History

The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource
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Advent: the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge [Book Review]

Caring for Orphans Globally: How Can the Church in the West Do Better?

Christ the King Sunday: What Does It Mean that Jesus is King?

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

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

Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It

Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today

Midterm Elections Day: How the Church Could Turn the Tide on Political Polarization

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

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

Choosing Freedom from Our Stories Despite “The Hate U Give”

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

Eugene Peterson’s Long Obedience in the Same Direction: A Personal Tribute

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

Repenting As We Go: A 9-Part Podcast Series on Women and Men Leading Together in the Church

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

3 Key Aspects of Mentoring Across the Gender Gap for the Sake of Mission

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

What I Long to Say to My Brothers: “I Release You”

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics
