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Essays

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

John W. Kuykendall: The Christian alumni club

By John Kuykendall

Didn’t Mother Teresa go on serving for the many years when she couldn’t believe?

Michael Jinkins: The church’s real competition is henotheism

By Michael Jinkins Retired president, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Henotheism, which replaces the worship of Jesus Christ with a lesser deity, isn’t a common word, but is a common faith.

Jason Byassee: The confession manifesto

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

Atul Gawande’s terrifically readable new book not only convinces me of the utility of checklists. It provides a secular example of St. Augustine’s greatest teaching: confession.

Gannon Sims: Business as evangelism?

By Gannon Sims Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.

“Business leaders will be the evangelists of the 21st century.”

Lisa Nichols Hickman: Ronald McDonald is there for the ill. Is the church?

By Lisa Nichols Hickman Associate pastor, Myers Park Presbyterian Church

McDonald’s shows up at hospitals across the nations. Not to sell hamburgers, but to provide hospitality to families displaced by the illness of a child.

Penny Edgell: Worrying about the Millennials

By Penny Edgell Professor, University of Minnesota

Religious leaders had better be concerned about the drop in religious affiliation among Millennials.

Prince Raney Rivers: Gaining a heart of wisdom

By Prince Raney Rivers Senior pastor, Union Baptist Church

Prince Rivers takes stock of what he’s learned about authority, hope, delegation and preparation during his first decade in ministry.

Louis Weeks: Saying the “e” word in the mainline

By Louis B. Weeks President emeritus, Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education

We seem to have gotten beyond the religious right and the lazy left. So how come I can’t use our word yet?

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Mission without a mortgage

Riverside, a church community in Spring Branch, Texas, meets for worship at the Emerald Rainbow Family Fun Center, with its ‘20,000 ginormous square feet of fun and parties.’ That’s because the group choses not to own any buildings.

By Lynn Gosnell Journalist

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