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Essays

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

Cruising Calle Siete

By Laura Bramon Good

A former Word Made Flesh missionary recalls the mud-brick walls and open sewers of La Paz’s red-light district – and what she learned from the women there.

Gerardo Marti: Sociologists need to account for evangelicals' vitality

By Gerardo Martí Professor of sociology, Davidson College

Many sociologists have reviled Christianity. More recently some have defended their version of it. It remains to account for the spiritual vitality of some churches—namely evangelical ones.

David L. Odom: Traditioned innovation in action

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Every church wants to be filled with young families and children. There is no shortcut to that goal. "Traditioned innovation," and beautiful art, are more pain-staking, but ultimately more beautiful, ways to approach it.

Jason Byassee: U2 and leadership

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

U2’s concerts are famously like worship. They also might show us something about leadership.

Michael Jinkins: Myths and urban legends about John Calvin

By Michael Jinkins Retired president, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Calvin was neither a sour puss, a tyrant, a religious fanatic, a sadist, nor even necessarily a Calvinist. He was a theologian whose leadership we should still follow.

The three W's

Ask the right questions. As a young minister, Nelson Granade learned to ask three important questions: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

By Nelson Granade

Jason Byassee: Good for nothin' young 'uns

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

Why in the world would you have kids? “Why not?” God asks, and the world spins into existence.

Jason Byassee: A pastoral response to meanness

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

What does a pastor say when a visitor curses her at the church door? Would "And also with you" work?

God the Father

New mother Heather Moffitt writes about finding parenting advice in a surprising place: The book of Numbers.

By Heather Moffitt Senior content strategist, Duke Divinity School

The end of silos

The nation’s financial challenges have changed the way Christian institutions operate. This new reality presents an opportunity to reflect on the way we do our work and build partnerships within our institutions, writes David L. Odom.

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity