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C. Kavin Rowe: Why does your Christian community exist?

By C. Kavin Rowe Vice dean for faculty, Duke Divinity School

Sixth in a series. A community can thrive over time only if its members know why it exists and can communicate that with others.

Rebecca Y. Kim: Acts of sacrifice

By Rebecca Y. Kim Associate professor, Pepperdine University

Korean missionaries in the United States evangelizing white Americans are an exception to the rule that "birds of a feather flock together" in congregations, writes the sociologist and author of “God’s New Whiz Kids?”

About that name...

By Ned Barnett Journalist

Staccato Powell, a national leader in the AME Zion church, got his unusual name from a television series. The meaning of the word -- a burst of short, separate notes -- also fits his speaking style.

Bio: Staccato Powell

Biographical summary for AME Zion pastor Staccato Powell.

Nathan Kirkpatrick: Over-investing in the young

By Nathan Kirkpatrick Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC

What questions are teenagers asking about the future? Are we prepared for them?

Erin Lane: Millennials are the new evangelicals

By Erin S. Lane Writer

Organizations and churches that take millennials seriously, despite their flakey reputation, may find a second wind.

Scott Benhase: Reality TV with Palin and Weiner

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

The lives of Palin and Weiner are just two more “reality shows” on the network of our lives. But human nature isn’t any worse now than it has been throughout history.

Tom Arthur: Getting criticism from nice people

By Tom Arthur Pastor

Break the niceness epidemic. Ask for feedback, all the time.

Discuss: How do you handle information overload?

By Benjamin McNutt Writer

How do you keep a cacophony of information from becoming the digital noise that drowns out your life?