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Journalistic narratives about catalytic organizations and leaders that are innovative while remaining rooted in tradition

High-touch and old-school

The Latino Community Credit Union was founded more than a decade ago in response to violence against a growing Latino population. Today, its community-focused approach to banking has made it a model institution for how to serve immigrants, the poor and diverse customers.

By Chris Richter Journalist

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Learning to live with others

Sarah Jobe, an ordained Baptist minister and a prison chaplain, explains what it is like to live in an intentional Christian community and how she has learned, despite her fears, to practice hospitality and live out the book of Acts.

James Dubik: Managing the asset of time

Everybody wants a piece of the senior leader’s most valuable asset: time. Protect it with a system that frees you to focus on the important while unleashing the creativity of others, says a retired Army general and Catholic lay leader.

Jason Byassee: The ironies of leadership

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

The one we all follow, as some of us lead, was crowned with thorns, and the “government on his shoulders” was the tool for his execution.

Leadership 360

By Bob Wells Faith & Leadership associate editor, retired

Priests and lay leaders are benefitting from a new assessment tool customized for the Catholic Church.

Dave Odom: Habits are key to transformative leadership

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

Activities practiced over time become habits -- and activities shape and are shaped by mindsets in the organization and character traits of the people.

Every member in mind

By Cherry Crayton Writer

Despite being a small, rural congregation in an impoverished part of North Carolina, Sandy Plains United Methodist Church has sent a large proportion of its members into mission, leaving some to wonder: How has this tiny church produced so many leaders?

Beautiful music -- together

The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra has remade itself by creating a new model of a community-based arts organization that is committed to artistic excellence and community engagement.

By Joy Jenkins

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Enuma Okoro: For the love of God, write

By Enuma Okoro Author, speaker, consultant

Making a living as a writer is choosing to struggle with the tension of being called, having that call affirmed as ministry and discerning the particulars of that ministry, says the author of the memoir “Reluctant Pilgrim.”

The unlikely reformer

By Ned Barnett Journalist

Staccato Powell has overseen stunning growth in his AME Zion church in downtown Raleigh, which he sees as part of a “new church” that stresses Christian fervor over denominational identity. But his goal, he says, is to revitalize the traditional church, not to reject it.