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When songs become sermons — a different way of preaching
No longer able to sustain a choral program and facing clergy overload, members of a Maryland congregation now tell the old, old story by leaning into music, their pastor writes.
Link to author McKenna Wallen
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McKenna Wallen
Pastor, Maryland Presbyterian Church
Making something with your hands can be a kind of Sabbath
Creating a tangible handmade item like a knitted sweater, a carved spoon or a hand-dyed apron provides comfort and healing, writes a minister and handwork educator.
Link to author Christine Hribar
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Christine Hribar
Associate pastor, Old North Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts
A Sanctified Art creates worship materials that affirm diversity and expand imagination
A woman-led ministry of theologically trained creatives is offering faith communities around the world a new vision for telling ancient stories.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Luis Cortés: Esperanza builds an ‘opportunity community’ for Latinos in Philadelphia
Institution building is key to developing a new generation of leaders, says the founder and CEO of one of the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving faith-based nonprofits.
From Chicago basement to international stage, the power of collaboration fueled a Latino-led nonprofit working with youth
In its early days, a startup nonprofit working to make the Bible more accessible to young people in urban areas found a crucial community partner. The result of their collaboration is a lesson for us all, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
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Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
Director of Programs and Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Why I knit in church
Engaging with natural materials and making things with our own hands can help us be more fully incarnate, writes a pastor and knitter.
Link to author Christine Hribar
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Christine Hribar
Associate pastor, Old North Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Brian Ide: Unselfish love could bridge what divides us
In a new documentary, conversations about love that extends beyond sentimentality point the way toward connection.
Advent’s surprise for us
What might happen if we greeted the season with wonder and amazement?
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Events and books help undocumented immigrants tell their stories
A Texas seminary shares the stories of immigrants as a way of breaking down barriers and building better lives for immigrants in the U.S.
Link to author Mónica Tornoé
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Mónica Tornoé
Director of Latino/a Programs for Lifelong Learning, Austin Seminary
‘King Coal’ reminds us of power’s perils
A West Virginia-based journalist sees parallels in a new film between the role that the coal industry has played in Appalachia and biblical warnings about rulers.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
