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

Heaven at Our Fingertips

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

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

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

The Blessing of Discomfort: A Global Church Perspective

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

I Need A Good Shout!

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

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

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

To Keep A True Lent

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

The Disruption of Life

2023: A Year In Review

Politic, Not Party

Tired of Feeling Guilty for Feeling Tired

Reflectively Listening to a New Year

Rachel Weeping for Her Children

Blue Christmas: Is it Really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

Advent: Expressible Joy

Advent: The Poet of Peace

Advent: Hope is a Mountain

Advent: Watching and Waiting For God

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

A Thanksgiving Liturgy: Before A Meal

The Church Needs Women’s Lofty Dreams

Single in the Church: How Church Practices Are Including or Excluding Single Adults

Embodied Spiritual Formation for the Mothering Pastor

Hungry People and Full People

Holding Vigil: Beneath a Binary Perspective on the Israeli War in Gaza

Empty Nest: How a Ritual Helps Us Process the Losses and Gains of Our Kids Leaving Home

Disrupting Legacies of White Supremacy in the Church

When We Are a House Divided

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

The Speed of Love

The Sterility of the Empty Cross

Nine Lessons For Christian Leaders (Who Also Happen To Be Female)

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

Loneliness is the Penalty for Women Leaders

Finding Rest Amidst the Days of Labor

Metanoia: Wholehearted Change in Unprecedented Times

Dr. King Shines a Light Forward for Justice Work Today (‘I Have A Dream’ 60th Anniversary Version)

Negotiating Difference (Hopeful Realism, Pt. 3)

Interrogating ‘Tough Guy’ Masculinity

The American Church: Has God Left The Building?

Why Go to Seminary?

‘Holisticostal Mission:’ Paradigm Shifts in Theology and Practice (Pt. 2)

‘Holisticostal Mission:’ Paradigm Shifts in Theology and Practice (Pt. 1)

The Gift Underneath Our Wrinkles: Is Aging Actually A Grace?

Excessive Spirituality (Hopeful Realism, Pt. 2)

Surprised by God at Tables: Extending the Eucharist Into the Neighborhood (Pt. 2)

Surprised by God at Tables: On The Eucharist as Mission (Pt. 1)

To Grow Nature Is To Encourage More Of It

Attending to God’s Presence While Watching My Garden

God Finds Us In Nature: An Environment of Healing (Pt. 2)

God Finds Us In Nature: A Place of Encounter (Pt. 1)
