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From Chicago basement to international stage, the power of collaboration fueled a Latino-led nonprofit working with youth
In its early days, a startup nonprofit working to make the Bible more accessible to young people in urban areas found a crucial community partner. The result of their collaboration is a lesson for us all, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
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Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
Director of Programs and Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Why I knit in church
Engaging with natural materials and making things with our own hands can help us be more fully incarnate, writes a pastor and knitter.
Link to author Christine Hribar
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Christine Hribar
Preaching associate, St. John's Episcopal Church. Beverly, Massachusetts
Brian Ide: Unselfish love could bridge what divides us
In a new documentary, conversations about love that extends beyond sentimentality point the way toward connection.
Advent’s surprise for us
What might happen if we greeted the season with wonder and amazement?
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Events and books help undocumented immigrants tell their stories
A Texas seminary shares the stories of immigrants as a way of breaking down barriers and building better lives for immigrants in the U.S.
Link to author Mónica Tornoé
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Mónica Tornoé
Director of Latino/a programs for Education Beyond the Walls, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
‘King Coal’ reminds us of power’s perils
A West Virginia-based journalist sees parallels in a new film between the role that the coal industry has played in Appalachia and biblical warnings about rulers.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
A musical about Frederick Douglass explores the prophetic
“American Prophet” connects spirituality and the arts at a profound moment in history.
Link to author Stephanie Hunt
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Stephanie Hunt
Journalist
Honoring those who speak truth to power
Robert Shetterly creates portraits of people committed to telling the truth, and his work inspires conversation and discussion about Americans’ ethics, faith and social responsibility.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
Jo Nygard Owens: Sharing our creativity draws others to God
A pastor turned graphic designer and entrepreneur discusses her call, her creative process and some of what she’s learned about church communications.
The brain, the heart and the soul: How three Catholic churches are merging to create a new type of parish
Three congregations have avoided some of the disruption of a reorganization in Chicago by leaning into their individual identities while forming a new whole.
Link to author Claire Zulkey
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Claire Zulkey
Journalist
