For such a time as this
Will you recognize the moment in which you are called upon to exercise your gifts? asks Samuel Wells.
Vocation
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Practicing what they preach
Spiritual practices and Christian leadership. “You can’t just preach it,” says Jim Wallis, of Sojourners magazine. Wallis and others say daily prayer, Scripture reading and other disciplines give them strength and passion for living the gospel as individuals and in community.
Ray of hope
As a black woman in ministry, the Rev. Cynthia Hale has faced doubters throughout her career. But today she is the founder and spiritual leader of a 5,100-member Georgia church.
Coming home
The former chaplain of the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., takes a job as rector in a small parish in her home state. For the Rev. Catherine Powell, the important thing about leadership is not the prestige of the institution, but whether she is changing lives.
‘I want to know Christ’
Maybe faith’s not about being certain. Maybe it never was, says Samuel Wells.