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Understanding Holy Saturday in the Midst of a Pandemic

The Blessing of Sufficiency Through Self-Denial

How to Have a Maundy Thursday Liturgy at Home

The Malady of a Second-Rate Salvation

No Palms? A Liturgy of Houseplants for Palm Sunday

Our New Reality: Holy Week at Home

The Practice of Remembering our Death

Why Politics Matters…Even During a Pandemic

Embodying the Imagery of the Prophets

A Saving Practice Amid a Heavy Lenten Season

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

On Leading During a Pandemic

Practicing Abundance in an Age of Anxiety

The Potential of Faithful Presence During a Pandemic

An Alternative to Panic: A Faithful Response to Epidemics

Responding to Anti-Asian Bias in the Age of Coronavirus

Playfulness as an Antidote to Anxiety

Three Ways to Pastor a Politically-Polarized People

Practicing Hope When Our Hearts Are Troubled

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

No Time for Tears

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

Our Need for Lament

A Practice as Lent Begins: Giving from our Poverty

Remembering as Resistance: The Failure of Executive Order 9066

This Political Moment: A Way Forward in a Divided Age

The Gender Chasm

Preaching “the Black Stuff”

Telling the Truth About White Privilege

The Dance of Deference: Thoughts on Unity

The Importance and Challenge of Diverse Friendships

The Limits of Experience

Why Asking the Wrong Question Leads to a Deficient Gospel

The Art of Grieving: A Spiritual Practice for our Time

Ten Hopes and Prayers for the Next Ten Years

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

The Hypo-Politicization of the American Church

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

Book Excerpt: Seeing Jesus in East Harlem

Sermons Aren’t Everything

The Age of the Artist

Missio Alliance’s Favorite Reads of 2019

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

Missio Alliance’s Top Ten Articles of 2019

The Difference Between Christian Institutions and the Kingdom

True Politics Through Subversive Worship

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

A Cross at the Heart of Advent

Tremble this Advent

Ministering to Multiracial Families Starts with Noticing

Four Ways to Practice the Peace of Christ at Christmas

Watching and Walking with Those in the Darkness

Five Reasons Why Neighborhoods Matter

The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership

Pray for Holy Boldness

An Open Letter to My Brothers

Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces

5 Myths of Men and Women Leading Together

Relevancy Isn’t Our Only Option
