Congregational ministry requires business skills.
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New books in theological education
Reformulating the landscape in changing times
Rachael Denhollander’s account of standing up against sexual abuse
The gymnast who brought down Larry Nassar tells her story.
Epiphanies flare up and fade. How can we keep them in our everyday vision?
What two drastically different messages from parishioners taught me
How a group of interfaith partners is making use of their idle parking lots
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more
The cult of Tsar Nicholas II and the resurrection of Russian Orthodox nationalism
Shaping a place where people can become more like Christ
Scot McKnight looks to Paul to define the pastoral task.
How American hostility toward Muslims has shaped my pastoral vocation
When a culture of abuse thrives within a congregation
When liturgy embraces difference
Rebecca Spurrier’s study of a “disabled church” and its lessons for all Christians
How should the church respond to the colonialism that runs through its blood?
Robert Heaney believes the first step is penance.
We say these words a lot. Lately I’ve noticed what it looks like when we follow through.
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.