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Interviews

Conversations with fascinating people within the church and in secular settings

Mohamed Noor: We're always building on what other people have done

Duke biologist Mohamed Noor talks about what it’s like to work in a laboratory -- and how science is done in community.

A scientist's advice on managing a team

Managing a laboratory was one part of his job that Duke University biology professor Mohamed Noor wasn’t taught in graduate school. But he hopes to share what he has learned about management to help others.

Jan Love: How do we transform the communities in which we live?

The dean of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology talks about conflict transformation and how people can learn to live with conflict.

Pie Ntukamazina: Reconciliation is a discipline

If the church does not take part in poverty reduction and ignorance reduction, then people will continue to suffer, says a Burundian Anglican bishop and co-founder of Light University.

Barry Schwartz: Pay attention to the least of us

The effect of institutions relying too heavily on rules and incentives has been the gradual erosion of nurturing wisdom, says the co-author of “Practical Wisdom.”

William G. Enright: Money is like a vital sign

Three and a half years after the beginning of the Great Recession, data are beginning to show the toll it has taken on congregations, says the executive director of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Anne Lamott: The habit of practice

What do you do when perfectionism, vanity, self-loathing and projecting are wearing you down? The writer talks about what she has learned from tennis, faith and writing to deal with these “demons.”

Dave Blanchard: Translating belief into practice

Starting a social entrepreneurship project requires an ability to be taught by those the organization serves and by the leaders who have come before, says the co-founder and president of Praxis.

L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong: Where will we bury our heart?

The authors of the book “Resurrecting Excellence” talk about what has changed in the five years since its publication.

Bill Adair: Rethinking the story form

The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism project PolitiFact talks about how he created an innovative way to pursue his newspaper’s traditional institutional mission.