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For overstressed, overworked Christians trying to save the world, watching TV and other squandered moments are not a sign of laziness or complacency but a fitting response to the call to Sabbath.
Eating seasonally can be a Lenten discipline in the age of climate change -- a way to cultivate a habit that the world needs, that lasts beyond the 40 days.
Ask yourself: What do you feel called to do? What are your gifts? What does your institution need?
A pastor recalls a summer friendship with a 94-year-old neighbor as one of the most important lessons of his training -- and a model for Lenten discipline.
When we turn a blind eye to the misdeeds of our institutions, we deny our corporate fallibility and miss opportunities to practice the confession and reconciliation that frame our personal experiences with God.
In the face of dramatic cultural shifts in how well we know our neighbors, one of the tasks of Christian institutional leaders will be to strengthen the role the church plays as the place where our families and distant connections come together.
All leaders will unavoidably cause pain in the lives of others. But they do not inflict pain without also bearing pain, says the former president of Fuller Theological Seminary.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s work in the Nixon administration illustrates how to exert influence and accomplish an agenda within constraints.
Is good always the enemy of great? Or can insisting on doing everything right prevent us from taking action at all?
Pastors often are profoundly uncomfortable talking about religious experiences. As much as we are attracted by the mystery of God, it also frightens us, writes a pastor. But is skepticism really the right response to Christians who want to share their encounters with the divine?
