How your church can be brave
If faith communities can find the courage to have difficult conversations, they may make progress in overcoming division. Here are some suggestions for how to do that.
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If faith communities can find the courage to have difficult conversations, they may make progress in overcoming division. Here are some suggestions for how to do that.
Understanding levels of affiliation is more crucial than ever as we respond to COVID-19, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Emphasis on the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible suffocates those who function outside the construct of whiteness, writes an assistant professor at the McAfee School of Theology.
The church has traditionally been a place of solace, but the pandemic has made mourning rituals more difficult. A managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity asks whether faith communities can regain that role.
Researching the tradition behind a family heirloom enriched the wedding celebration of two young men, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
All Saints’ Day is a reminder of the faithful departed who made room for God, a pastor writes.
Toxic theology and politics deepen conflict in places like Ireland, the Middle East and the United States. But following the example of Jesus helps people in conflict zones understand each other and move beyond the past, writes a Methodist minister who founded the nonprofit Rethinking Conflict.
Many churches thought that vaccines would pave the way back to normal worship, but new COVID-19 realities are forcing us to keep pivoting.
Members of Generation Z haven’t given up on faith, but they need something different from the religion of their parents, writes Faith & Leadership’s summer intern.
Leadership comes at all volumes. The church must listen for quieter voices, too.