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

Godly gardening

In this excerpt from “Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating,” a Duke Divinity professor argues that our work as Christians is to develop into godly gardeners, who witness to the life-creating presence of God in the world.

By Norman Wirzba Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School

Allison Backous: Bent to wonder

By Allison Backous Troy Writer and educator

After recalling the frenetic pace of past Christmas seasons, a writer commits to celebrate Advent as it should be -- a time to embrace desire and hope.

David Toole: What are institutions for?

Institutions at their best are the definitive expression of what it means to be human, and their purpose is to generate creativity by organizing human efforts to a common end.

By David Toole

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Jason Byassee: Eventually you have to do something

By Jason Byassee Senior minister, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto

In the transition to a new place of leadership, it’s difficult to sort through all the advice about starting something new. Change everything? Change nothing?

Prince Raney Rivers: Wrestling with an angel

By Prince Raney Rivers Senior pastor, Union Baptist Church

Self-understanding is difficult to come by. But excellent leadership demands serious inner work.

Melissa Wiginton: Zuccotti Park and Zion

By Melissa Wiginton Vice president, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

If the word of the Lord inhabits the cries of Occupy protesters, this may not be over. But what are we to do?

Tom Arthur: After relevance

By Tom Arthur Pastor

Why church leaders should move beyond the worry about cultural relevance.

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Benjamin McNutt: 'You just have to start thinking like me'

By Benjamin McNutt Writer

The biggest challenge to collaboration isn’t different skill sets. It's clashing imaginations.

Dale P. Andrews: We're never done with the work

Balancing the pastoral and the prophetic is an ongoing challenge in the church, says the distinguished professor of homiletics, social justice and practical theology at Vanderbilt University.