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Ryan Kuja

Understanding Holy Saturday in the Midst of a Pandemic

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Donna Barber

The Blessing of Sufficiency Through Self-Denial

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Chris Morton

How to Have a Maundy Thursday Liturgy at Home

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Michele Hershberger

The Malady of a Second-Rate Salvation

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Chris Morton

No Palms? A Liturgy of Houseplants for Palm Sunday

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Bob Hyatt

Our New Reality: Holy Week at Home

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Rich Villodas

The Practice of Remembering our Death

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Eugene Cho

Why Politics Matters…Even During a Pandemic

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Josh Funk

Embodying the Imagery of the Prophets

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Marlena Graves

A Saving Practice Amid a Heavy Lenten Season

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Austin Fischer

Keep the Churches Closed! (a Response to Rusty Reno)

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David Swanson

On Leading During a Pandemic

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Christine Yi Suh

Practicing Abundance in an Age of Anxiety

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David Fitch

The Potential of Faithful Presence During a Pandemic

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Kris Beckert

An Alternative to Panic: A Faithful Response to Epidemics

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Michelle Reyes

Responding to Anti-Asian Bias in the Age of Coronavirus

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Mandy Smith

Playfulness as an Antidote to Anxiety

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Derek Vreeland

Three Ways to Pastor a Politically-Polarized People

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Andrew Arndt

Practicing Hope When Our Hearts Are Troubled

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 2)

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Carolyn Custis James

No Time for Tears

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 1)

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MaryKate Morse

Our Need for Lament

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Bob Hyatt

A Practice as Lent Begins: Giving from our Poverty

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Christine Yi Suh

Remembering as Resistance: The Failure of Executive Order 9066

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AJ Sherrill

This Political Moment: A Way Forward in a Divided Age

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Andrea Summers

The Gender Chasm

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Leeann Younger

Preaching “the Black Stuff”

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David Swanson

Telling the Truth About White Privilege

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Andrew Arndt

The Dance of Deference: Thoughts on Unity

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Dorothy Littell Greco

The Importance and Challenge of Diverse Friendships

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Kris Beckert

The Limits of Experience

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Geoff Holsclaw

Why Asking the Wrong Question Leads to a Deficient Gospel

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MaryKate Morse

The Art of Grieving: A Spiritual Practice for our Time

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Andrew Arndt

Ten Hopes and Prayers for the Next Ten Years

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Tara Beth Leach

When Mondays are the Pits: Four Practices to Nourish Your Soul

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Seth Richardson

The Hypo-Politicization of the American Church

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Mandy Smith

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

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Missio Alliance

Book Excerpt: Seeing Jesus in East Harlem

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Leeann Younger

Sermons Aren’t Everything

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Brian Sanders

The Age of the Artist

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Missio Alliance

Missio Alliance’s Favorite Reads of 2019

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Doug Paul

Five Reasons Why Predictions Matter: Looking to the Next Decade in the Church

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Missio Alliance

Missio Alliance’s Top Ten Articles of 2019

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Mandy Smith

The Difference Between Christian Institutions and the Kingdom

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Angie Hong

True Politics Through Subversive Worship

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Missio Alliance

Six Responses to CT’s Editorial on Trump’s Removal

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Andrew Arndt

A Cross at the Heart of Advent

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David Swanson

Tremble this Advent

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Cara Meredith

Ministering to Multiracial Families Starts with Noticing

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Derek Vreeland

Four Ways to Practice the Peace of Christ at Christmas

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MaryKate Morse

Watching and Walking with Those in the Darkness

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Karina Kreminski

Five Reasons Why Neighborhoods Matter

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Mandy Smith

The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership

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Juliet Liu

Pray for Holy Boldness

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Tara Beth Leach

An Open Letter to My Brothers

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Tracey Bianchi

Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces

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Stephanie O'Brien

5 Myths of Men and Women Leading Together

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Seth Richardson

Relevancy Isn’t Our Only Option

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Steve Cuss

Liberated by Perfect Love