Writing Collectives

Anchored by a diverse group of Leading Voices and a regular Writing Team, Missio Alliance Writing Collectives provide space for resourcing and conversation among theological practitioners in the areas of Culture, Formation, Global Church, Theology, and Witness.

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Witness

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

Witness

Racism and The Dying American Church

Witness

The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany

Formation

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

Theology

A Brief Theology of Walls

Culture / Formation / Theology / Witness

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

Witness

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

Culture / Formation / Theology / Witness

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

Theology

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

Witness

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

Formation

How Saint Francis Can Help Save Christmas

Witness

Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History

Formation

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

Formation

This Advent, Let the Gospel of Luke Reawaken Your Hope

Formation / From Our Partners

Waiting in the Margins: A Daily Advent Resource

Theology

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

Global Church / Witness

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

Theology

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

Witness

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

Formation / From Our Partners

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

Formation

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

Witness

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

Witness

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

Formation

Midterm Elections: Let Us Pray

Witness

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

Culture

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

Theology

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

Formation

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

Formation

Everything a Gift: Remembering Eugene Peterson

Formation

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

Formation

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

Theology

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

Formation / From Our Partners / Partner Spotlight

Why Theological Education Must Include Intentional Learning Communities

Formation

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

Formation

Four Things I Need to Hear From My Sisters in Christ

Formation

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

Formation

Four Ways to Walk in Love as Resurrection People

Witness

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

Culture

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

Witness

The Good News for an Increasingly “Post-Truth” Society

Culture

Whatever You Do, Do Not “Just Do It”

Witness

Confessions of a White Guy: Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel

Culture / From Our Partners

Abuse: Would Your Church Cover It Up?

Witness

Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel: What’s This Really All About?

Theology

4 Practices for Navigating Those Conflicting Bible Stories

Witness

Sexual Misconduct at Willow Creek: Why We Must Bid the Business Model of Church Goodbye

Culture

Trauma from Abuse: How the Church Can Care for Those Seeking Healing

Formation / From Our Partners

Faith Under Construction: The Upside Down Gathering in Chicago

Witness

(Video) The Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis: Our Open Letter to Women in the Church

Formation / Global Church

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

Formation

The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church

Formation

7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

Witness

Mental Illness: 7 Practices for Ministering Well—Even if You’re Not A Mental Health Professional

Culture

What’s Your Definition of Marriage?

Witness

The Church Needs to Be a Place for Radical Innovation: Here’s How

Formation

4 Practices for Discipling Kids Who Live Justly

Witness

Called to Participate in the Ministry of Suffering with the Weeping God

Formation

How the Way We Talk About Sin Can Keep Us From Being Good People

Theology

The Good News About Our Longings: Sexuality and Spirituality

Culture

Take a Knee for the Children