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Burnout and resilience in the wilderness
Many rural pastors like me are finding Jesus in the desert places.
Rural chaplains support communities facing labor shortages, hate groups
by Kathryn Post
A city dweller follows the harvest
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s spiritual and cultural pilgrimage through the heart of farm country
by Valerie Weaver-Zercher
When small-town pastors put down roots
The ministry of abiding, even in the face of decline, is an offering to God.
by Brad Roth
Nineteenth-century agrarians believed that community is more important than the individual and solidarity is more important than profit.
by Shannon Jung
He finished seminary at the head of his class and could have gone on to earn a Ph.D. But he wanted to serve a local congregation--preferably a small one.