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Changing lives by changing how we live

There are steps we can take to help offset a purpose gap rooted in historical and contemporary oppressions, writes the senior director of learning design with the Forum for Theological Exploration.

By Patrick B. Reyes Senior director of learning design, Forum for Theological Exploration

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LGBTQ+ folks teach us a lot about kinship

Focusing conversations on “welcome” or “inclusion” is not enough; we need to learn from LGBTQ+ people and expand our understanding of community, a queer pastor says.

By Mihee Kim-Kort PCUSA minister

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Blessed are the cake buyers -- but will they get promoted?

A return to in-person work brings the opportunity to make our offices more equitable, writes a communications specialist with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Emily Lund Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Living into joy, late in the pandemic

A walk by a stream prompts a writer and spiritual director to wonder: Could a fresh understanding of joy help restore us?

By Samuel Rahberg Director, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary

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A just workplace is more than just a workplace

Perceptions of how employees are treated, how decisions are made, and whose voices are heard all contribute to whether an organization is just. And that affects what it can achieve, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Maria Teresa Gastón Former director, Foundations of Christian Leadership

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Anthea Butler: Our Black ancestors embodied the hope this moment requires

One year after the murder of George Floyd Jr., hope can be hard to come by, but it is critical if we are to make progress, writes a historian of American and African American religion at the University of Pennsylvania.

By Anthea Butler Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania

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Remembering the sacrifice of Black veterans this Memorial Day

Recognizing Black service members is a part of racial justice, writes an African American Navy veteran.

By Bryon L. Garner Writer

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Evangelism and the Spirit at Pentecost

In his contribution to a new book on evangelism with immigrant communities, the director of the Bethlehem Institute of Peace and Justice writes that Christians should look to the Holy Spirit rather than pressure or power in their witness to others.

By Andrew F. Bush Director, Bethlehem Institute of Peace and Justice

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The opportunity of fruitful fear

How we honor fear’s presence and consider its purpose can shift its role in our lives, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Kelly Ryan Missioner for discipleship, Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina

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Arionne Yvette Williams: Let's stop trying to convert racism deniers

We should partner with others who are committed to anti-racism work and not waste our efforts on convincing those who won’t acknowledge the need, writes a university chaplain.

By Arionne Yvette Williams Associate Chaplain, University of Indianapolis

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