Shifting perspective hones leadership skills
When we shift perspective as leaders, we pause, slow down and consider fresh possibilities in the face of challenges, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Election resources for churches updated for 2024
With election season in full swing, here’s a collection of essays, book excerpts, interviews and other resources to help faith leaders and their communities navigate the weeks ahead.
‘From Weary to Wholehearted: A Restorative Resource for Overcoming Clergy Burnout’
In this excerpt from her new book addressing clergy and lay leader burnout, a Philadelphia priest raises a “scandalous question” about choosing whether to say yes or no.
Link to author Callie Swanlund
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Callie Swanlund
Priest and retreat leader
Study reveals clergy leaders often lack adequate training in five key areas
Survey respondents identify skill sets they must develop for their complex roles.
Link to author Shari Finnell
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
Kwok Pui Lan: Writing our stories and finding ourselves
A matriarch of Asian American theology discusses storytelling, representation and capacity building with a director of educational programs at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Angie Kay Hong
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Angie Kay Hong
Director of Educational Programs, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Can leaders improve church meetings by rearranging the chairs? A pastor describes how physical space affects the work we do there.
Seemingly mundane details, such as rearranging the furniture, may be an undervalued opportunity to stimulate connection and cultivate community.
Link to author L. Roger Owens
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L. Roger Owens
Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Be vigilant and steadfast in Ordinary Time
In a long season that lacks the spectacle found elsewhere in the liturgical calendar, we can find space to focus and grow, writes the associate program director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author James Wesley Dennis III
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James Wesley Dennis III
Executive Pastor, Watson Grove Baptist Church
President Jimmy Carter’s simple clarity of faith
The former president’s message was that the work of faith is hard but the calling is simple, writes a former executive director of the New Baptist Covenant who worked with Carter.
Link to author Hannah McMahan King
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Hannah McMahan King
Nonprofit director
When the church project doesn’t work out
After an effort to provide emergency shelter in their building proved unsustainable, some leaders of a church in Canada reflect on what went wrong.
Link to author Sherwood Hines
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Sherwood Hines
Writer
Churches became one-stop shops at the height of COVID-19, but that is not sustainable
The pandemic pushed clergy into multiple new roles, and they responded. Now some of that work should be redirected to people better trained to do it, writes a director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Victoria Atkinson White
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Victoria Atkinson White
Director of Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Podcast: ‘Otis Moss III: Thriving in Turbulent Times’
In this podcast, Prince Rivers interviews Otis Moss III about mentorship, his recent book and how to thrive in modern ministry.
