Denial -- the willful failure to look facts in the face -- can debilitate the life of Christian institutions and their leaders.
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Nicole Havelka
Associate conference minister for youth, Iowa UCC
Nicole M. Havelka is the associate conference minister for youth and young adult ministries in the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ.
Nicole M. Havelka: The return myth
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Nicole Havelka
Associate conference minister for youth, Iowa UCC
Demystifying ourselves can be difficult, because it involves admitting we were wrong.
By
Nicole Havelka
Associate conference minister for youth, Iowa UCC
Nicole M. Havelka: Emerging adults and the church
By
Nicole Havelka
Associate conference minister for youth, Iowa UCC
Generational characteristics among emerging adults are not necessarily bad -- unless you are the church and other institutions.
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