Joy Skjegstad: Developing lay leaders for community ministry
Connecting with people and institutions outside the walls of the church isn’t a job for professional staff alone, says the author of “7 Creative Models for Community Ministry.”
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Marcia Owen: Affirming the dignity of our neighbors
Justice and healing from violence are best approached by simply being with those who are suffering, says a United Methodist layperson who directs a faith-based organization.
Scott Holmes: Lawyering, the Quaker way
A Durham lawyer says his faith changed the course of his career, transforming his legal practice into a vocation -- a true calling filled with joy, integrity and love.
Cynthia D. Weems: The church's revolving door
Church leaders must face up to the fact that congregations are increasingly composed of short-term residents. Structures and staffing need to reflect this change, says a United Methodist pastor in Miami.
Warren Kinghorn: Asking broader questions of medicine
Medicine needs physicians who can call on the Christian tradition to offer another way of thinking about human flourishing, sickness and health, says a physician-theologian.
Flipping the system
A virtual traffic system would flip the driving experience. How would the church benefit if its leaders flipped work processes or ways of thinking, particularly around the role of laypeople?
Matthew Scott: Faith at work
A lawyer-turned-pastor writes that he found greater meaning in his life when he began to pray at his law firm. Now he helps equip laypeople to discover their vocations and integrate their faith and work lives.
David Lose: Rethinking the role of pastor
Pastors shouldn’t be the only ones to interpret Scripture and connect faith and daily life. Their role ought to be to form congregants to do that work themselves.
Bishop Joseph A. Galante at a commissioning service at St. Anthony of Padua, Hammonton, N.J. Photo by Christine Scheller
Forming laity, for life and ministry
In a time of great change in the Catholic Diocese of Camden, NJ, a program gives laypeople the skills they need to bring a new vibrancy and passion to the local parish.
Justin Morgan: It's Sunday, but Monday's coming
Work is inherently meaningful, part of what it means to be made in the image of God, says a UMC pastor. So go forth to do the work that God has given you.