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

Jason Byassee: Spying God at Target

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

A “pinhead academic theologian” has to talk about God in the most public of places: the checkout line at Target.

Mark Chaves: Are congregations graying faster than everyone else?

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

Religious leaders have often lamented that they have too many old people and too few young people. It turns out that such leaders in the US have good reason to worry.

Recovering reconciliation as the mission of God

In this excerpt from their book “Reconciling All Things,” authors Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice offer 10 theses on reconciliation.

Susan Nienaber: Leading through conflict

Flexibility, persistence, humility and calm. These are the practices and traits leaders use to navigate conflict successfully, says Susan Nienaber.

Jin S. Kim: People are dying for community

How did the Church of All Nations achieve diversity without talking about diversity? By talking instead about the need for racial reconciliation. And through honesty in marriage. And lots of Korean food.

Tension gives it groove

Jazz improvisation offers a metaphor for resolving conflict not by eliminating it, but by using it to create something beautiful, says Ross Kane.

By Ross Kane Director of doctoral programs, Virginia Theological Seminary

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Not kid stuff

By Anne Krishnan Journalist

Kenda Creasy Dean, theologian and teacher of youth ministry, says churches must take youth ministry seriously if they want to capture the imagination of young people.

Richard J. Mouw: For a civil parking lot

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Aristotle was right. The city is where we learn to flourish in our humanness. So how come today we're so rude to strangers that a simple act of kindness can undo us?

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Jason Byassee: Overaccepting being young

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

Nathan Kirkpatrick writes of ways the church tries to encourage its young ministers. What do we young ministers do when they get it wrong?