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Thoughtful personal reflections from a variety of perspectives about issues relevant to Christian leaders

James Howell: An uncreative process

By James Howell Senior pastor, Myers Park UMC

How can the church be more creative if its ordination process does not value those who are?

Scott Benhase: 'Coming Apart'

By Scott Benhase Vicar, St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church

There is a pastoral challenge in Charles Murray’s new book about the growing social and economic division in American culture.

George Mason: The astonishing hope in death

Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent invite us into radical noticing. It is in paying attention to what's dead around us that we can be surprised by the hope of resurrection, writes the senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church.

By George Mason Senior pastor

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How Dubuque embraced sustainability

The Iowa city’s partnership with IBM is built on its history of engagement within the community and outside of it.

By Susan Flansburg Journalist

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Reading and being led

By Adele Gallogly Writer

The writings of three Catholic thinkers offer guidance and a kind of mentorship to a young Christian.

Corey MacPherson: Leading through word and thought

By Corey MacPherson

The words of Psalm 19 remind us that there’s a difference between being critical in thinking and critical in spirit, writes the vice president of spiritual development and church relations at Eastern Nazarene College.

Lisa Nichols Hickman: Ministry with Mary Oliver

By Lisa Nichols Hickman Associate pastor, Myers Park Presbyterian Church

How the poetry of Mary Oliver broadens imagination for the daily work of ministry.

L. Gregory Jones and Benjamin McNutt: Nurturing innovation

Innovation research and practicing artists show that creative talent is not primarily an innate gift but a capacity developed over time through disciplined practice.

L. Gregory Jones Benjamin McNutt

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Christine D. Pohl: Living into the practice of truthfulness

In this excerpt from “Living into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us,” the theologian and ethicist explores what it means to live truthfully, one of the four practices at the heart of thriving Christian communities.

By Christine D. Pohl Former professor emerita, Asbury Theological Seminary

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Michael Jinkins: Faith and political rhetoric

By Michael Jinkins Retired president, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Christian vocation calls us beyond self-interest and binds us together.