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Interviews

Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings

Joe Ingle: We need to let them out

Our prison system is a giant caging and killing machine, says a prison minister and death penalty opponent, and Christians are called to stand up and address it, freeing the captives and creating a new paradigm of restorative justice.

Wesley Granberg-Michaelson: Christian leaders should prepare for the long term

Developing practices that enable you to discern a deep and abiding sense of God’s call is crucial for Christian leaders, says the former head of the Reformed Church in America.

John McKnight: Low-income communities are not needy -- they have assets

People who want to help low-income communities should see them as “half-full glasses” -- places with strengths and capacities that can be built upon, says the co-developer of the asset-based community development strategy.

Grant Wacker: Billy Graham was a model for what Americans wanted to be

The author of “America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation” explains how the great evangelist reflected and changed 20th-century American culture.

By Grant Wacker Emeritus professor, Duke Divinity School

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Sandy Sasso: Experiencing religion through story

Stories and art allow children and adults to engage deeply in the sacred, says a well-known rabbi and author.

Laurence Binet: Case studies help Doctors Without Borders understand its history

Leaders of the humanitarian organization hope the series of case studies will help staff, donors and supporters better understand the dilemmas it faces on the ground.

Jan Richardson: Places where words alone cannot take us

Moving from darkness to light is part of the Advent journey for an artist, writer and minister who uses the arts to encourage contemplation during the season.

Loren Mead: Still stuck on the importance of the local church

Forty years after starting the Alban Institute, Loren Mead is still convinced that the local church is 'where the rubber meets the road.'

Susannah Heschel: What does it mean to be religious in an age of neoliberalism?

The daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel reflects on her father’s legacy and how he would respond to today’s challenges as well as her work as a scholar.

Serene Jones: I did not anticipate how fast change would come

The president of Union Theological Seminary reflects on her six years in office and the rapid pace of change both in her institution and in the church as a whole.