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Easter offers hope in a chaotic world

For people suffering in this season, Easter reminds us that hope comes in many forms, including in the ways we are present to one another, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

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

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Can AI help reverse Babel?

A multilingual congregation experiments with AI translation to improve communication in churches where people speak multiple languages, writes their pastor.

By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer

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Resist the drama of national electoral politics and invest your time in local issues

Engaging in local politics helps avoid “political hobbyism” and focuses on the spaces most immediate to our lives.

By Adam Joyce Writer

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The work of preparing for leadership changes has biblical roots and modern models

Decentralized networks and intergenerational storytelling better prepare organizations for leadership succession, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Elizabeth Tamez Méndez Director of Programs and Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Composting the church offers flourishing in the shadow of decline

As with a garden, so with the church — the remnants at the end of one season enrich growth for new opportunities in the next, writes a Presbyterian pastor.

By McKenna Wallen Pastor, Maryland Presbyterian Church

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Building a great affirmation: 3 postelection truths every church can claim

In the midst of ongoing political turmoil, pastors can step back and cling to three affirmations.

By Andy Stanton-Henry Co-director, Quaker Leadership Center at Earlham School of Religion

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Five years after the start of the COVID pandemic, here are three ways congregations continue to be affected

The emergence of COVID changed our lives. Professor and researcher Scott Thumma highlights how congregations have changed.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge Journalist

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How do you care for federal workers losing their livelihoods and vocations?

Soup, a reserve fund and protests — these are some ways that a church in Atlanta is responding to families reliant on jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By David Lewicki Co-pastor, North Decatur Presbyterian Church

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Here we go again: What it means to be a Black man in a white Christian workplace

The pressure to refute the “diversity hire” narrative is exhausting and demoralizing for people of color, writes the associate director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.

By Kenneth Young Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches

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Failure as faithfulness

The parable of the sower and modern-day design thinkers challenge us to take risks rather than fear failure, writes an associate director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program.

By Sarah E. Forsyth Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program

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