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

Jason Byassee: Opposability in Johnny Cash

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

Listening to "Ain't no grave" might set you to creating something new. Or rather something old and new at the same time.

Jones to lead Office of Global Strategy and Programs at Duke

Abandoning mastery

A new teacher learns that vocation is not something to claim, but rather something to grow into.

By Allison Backous Troy Writer and educator

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Jessica Bratt: The art of the non-anxious presence

By Jessica Bratt Ph.D. candidate, Vanderbilt University

“The artist is present” offered museum visitors the rare gift of being fully present with them.

Michael and Anthony Emerson: Church, you don’t know how beautiful you are

By Michael O. Emerson Provost, North Park University

An exegesis of U2’s “Get On Your Boots” shows it’s a ballad to the church and a call to action.

Mark Chaves: Evangelicals lose fewer youth than liberals

By Mark Chaves Professor of sociology, religion and divinity, Duke University

If your church cares about its youth growing up in the faith, it'll hire full-time youth ministers.

Cynthia Weems: Basic kindness in jail

By Cynthia Weems Senior pastor, First UMC of Miami

A trip to the detention center, expected to be arduous, turned out to be pleasant. Are our churches this friendly and helpful?

The peculiar beauty of the imperfect

A shell-collecting trip teaches the Rev. Mark Ralls to appreciate the traditional Japanese concept of beauty called wabi sabi -- and to apply it to Christian life.

By Mark Ralls District superintendent, Western North Carolina Conference, UMC

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James Howell: You can’t conjure up leadership

By James Howell Senior pastor, Myers Park UMC

It is good to regularize the calling and equipping to lead. But it’s still God’s work primarily, and far beyond our control.

Graham Scharf: Gospel Motivation

By Graham Scharf

What is the difference between gospel entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship?