What we can learn from the contemplative heart of the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman and other civil rights leaders modeled how contemplation fuels action and action fuels contemplation.
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Howard Thurman and other civil rights leaders modeled how contemplation fuels action and action fuels contemplation.
A national coalition of faith organizations is working to protect the freedom to vote. Faiths United to Save Democracy is already geared up for this year’s elections.
A story about a hands-on ministry to the sick reflects the love of Jesus. But even in a novel, the realities of such care are challenging, writes a spiritual director and retreat leader.
For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
Studies show that while mentoring can make a difference, especially for women and people of color, mentoring alone is not enough. A white male administrator shares his ideas about ways leaders can leverage their roles to support and advocate for women and people from marginalized groups.
All Christian leaders are vulnerable to the discontent and disillusionment that plagued Judas. There are ways to check that, especially during Lent, writes the associate program director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Remembering the racist attacks on civil rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge pushes us to think about what compromise looks like.
Engaging with natural materials and making things with our own hands can help us be more fully incarnate, writes a pastor and knitter.
Retirement can be a tool to help discern God’s call into a next season, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
An academic at Kentucky’s Asbury University reflects on the connection that students were seeking in the 16-day spiritual event that captured the world’s attention.