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Interviews

Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings

Lovett H. Weems: It is not enough to be right

Leadership is helping God's people take the next faithful step, says the director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership.

David Gushee and Richard Cizik: We need to build bridges toward the common good

The co-founders of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good say they founded their organization to be a politically independent voice that follows God’s truth in advancing the common good and serving the human community.

Kimberly Jenkins: The innovation ecosystem

Leaders can foster entrepreneurship by creating a culture in which it can flourish, says a former Duke University trustee and senior advisor to the president and provost for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Hilary Austen: How to cultivate artistry

The most important thing leaders can learn from artists is that the latter are not preoccupied with single-answer problem solving, says the business consultant and author of “Artistry Unleashed.”

Soong-Chan Rah: Freeing the captive church

America’s growing diversity is a key not only to church growth and evangelism but also to freeing the church from cultural captivity, says the North Park Theological Seminary professor and author.

Curtiss DeYoung: The early church of reconciliation

All of what it means to be a Christian is immersed in the biblical idea of reconciliation, says the professor of reconciliation studies at Bethel University.

Wilfred Mlay: Africa is not for fixing

Let’s get off the frenetic activity of trying to save the world, and just be still and know that God is at work, says the former vice president for World Vision’s African programs.

Nadia Bolz-Weber: Entering the stream of the faithful

You have to be really deeply rooted in tradition in order to innovate with integrity, says the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints.

Sarah Jobe: Mass incarceration is one of the biggest problems of our time

People in prison don’t need saving; what they need is practical help from the church to show that faith is something besides a ticket to heaven, says the Baptist minister and prison chaplain.

Paulus Widjaja: We cannot exist without the other

Reconciliation is more than a peaceful coexistence among various communities; it’s a “pro-existence” -- the understanding that one cannot be sustained without another, says the director of Duta Wacana Christian University’s Center for the Study and Promotion of Peace.