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

Ed Moore: Against virtual theological education

By Stub

We can learn to read texts online. But what about reading (and caring for) people?

Ryan Andersen: Relevance is still relevant

By Ryan Andersen Lead organizer/executive director, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

If, that is, relevance is a matter of connecting the depths of our tradition with the depths of the world’s longings.

Carol Howard Merritt: Rob Bell and tall steeples

By Carol Howard Merritt Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Spring City, Tennessee

Both the mainline and evangelical worlds have shifted.

Get a little soapy

By Lisa Nichols Hickman Associate pastor, Myers Park Presbyterian Church

On Ash Wednesday, Lisa Nichols Hickman learned how to make soap. It reminded her that the journey from soil to soul requires the naming of ashes and the claiming of oil.

Melissa Wiginton: "The King’s Speech" and feminism

By Melissa Wiginton Vice president, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Wait, “finding your voice” is what feminism does – not monarchy or patriarchy.

Lisa Nichols Hickman: The first social network

By Lisa Nichols Hickman Associate pastor, Myers Park Presbyterian Church

What if the parable of the Great Banquet is about building networks of relationships?

Jason Byassee: For virtual theological education

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

Maybe the body of Christ has always been both virtual and physical.

Allegra Jordan: Peter the Golden-Tongued

By Allegra Jordan

Peter Gomes preached beautifully, regarded each person individually, and loved an institution.

Room for the weak in a thriving community

Fourth in a series. In Acts, writes C. Kavin Rowe, the apostles create a new church structure to address the neglect of widows, among the most vulnerable of people.

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

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How Americans view God

Americans have vastly different conceptions of the role that God plays in their lives, Baylor University sociologists Paul Froese and Christopher Bader write in their book “America’s Four Gods.” But there is a powerful force for civility at the core of nearly all Americans’ faith life: love.

By David Briggs Journalist

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