C. Kavin Rowe: Failure as Christ-shaped leadership
Christians need leaders -- and institutions -- to train us in how to fail.
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David Steinbrenner: When God only knows
Our individual lives and stories do not end when we start to forget who we are.
Jeremy Begbie: What can we learn about the gospel from music?
One of the foremost experts on theology and the arts talks about why “Do I like this?” is not the first question we should ask about works of art, and why sometimes silence is preferable to music.
Jason Byassee: If you understand it...
When we talk of leadership, as when we talk of anything else in theology, we should let Scripture be mysterious.
James Martin: Faith leads to joy
Despite the pervasiveness of serious, somber Christianity, the heart of the gospel message is joy -- so laugh, says the Jesuit priest and author of a new book on religion and humor.
Laughing in church
Is it any wonder that so many people find religious settings stultifying? It's time to recover joy, humor and laughter in Christian churches, says the Rev. James Martin.
C. Kavin Rowe: Becoming a Christ-shaped leader
Christ-shaped leadership is about developing a fundamentally Christian background in your institution or organization, so that Christian thought and practice are second nature.
Wesley Hill: Following our names around
Truthfulness isn’t the easiest character trait to acquire. Sometimes it feels like we’re hiding our true selves behind a name, title or office.
Richard B. Hays: Why should we care about the arts?
Christians should be attentive to the ways in which the character of our community is shaped by the imaginative spaces we inhabit, says the dean of Duke Divinity School.
Michael Jinkins: A pilgrim people following a living God
The best responses to God’s leadership in moments of controversy are awe, wonder and praise.