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Leeann Younger

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

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Jean Sharp

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

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Seth Richardson

Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.

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Charles Self

What’s the Difference Between Healthy Self-Denial and Unhealthy Self-Destruction?

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Missio Alliance

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

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Derek Vreeland

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

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Jorge Acevedo

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

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Lesa Engelthaler

The Spiritual Practice of Shutting Up

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MaryKate Morse

A Surprisingly Simple Spiritual Discipline for Restoring the Soul

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David Swanson

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

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Seth Richardson

Ryan Flanigan

The Music We Need For Lent

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Rhesa Higgins

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

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Juliet Liu

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

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Mandy Smith

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

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Chris Morton

Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

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

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MaryKate Morse

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

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Josh Sweeden

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

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Kris Beckert

What the Government Shutdown Has Taught Us

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Christine Yi Suh

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

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Sean Palmer

Mandy Smith

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

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Derek Vreeland

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

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Joy Craun

Racism and The Dying American Church

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Geoff Holsclaw

The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany

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Mandy Smith

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

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Geoff Holsclaw

A Brief Theology of Walls

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Juliet Liu

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

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Kat Armas

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

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Juliet Liu

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

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Sean Palmer

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

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MaryKate Morse

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

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Sean Palmer

How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

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Anthony Siegrist

Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History

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Kyuboem Lee

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

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Lesa Engelthaler

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

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Jared Siebert

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource

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Dustin Bagby

Advent: the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge [Book Review]

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INFEMIT

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

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Karen Wilk

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

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Seth Richardson

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

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Emily Hallock

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

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Kris Beckert

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

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Keri Hui

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

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Andrew Arndt

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

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Rich Villodas

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

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Matt Ingalls

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

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

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

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Mandy Smith

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

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J.R. Briggs

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

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Winn Collier

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

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Mandy Smith

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

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Ben Sternke

Matt Tebbe

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

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David Fitch

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

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Levi Jones

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

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Andrea Summers

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

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Seth Richardson

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

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Mandy Smith

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

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Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

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Mandy Smith

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

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Mandy Smith

Pastoring in a Culture of Independence and Fragility: Reflections from Parenting