Formational listening tools help young people connect to their faith
Ministry practitioners of Sacred Listening share examples of how young people respond to being heard without judgment when they share their beliefs.
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Geoffrey Smith: What can ancient Egyptian papyri teach us about the Christian faith?
A collection of papyri, including the earliest known Gospel fragment, is coming to North America for the first time, along with letters, magic spells and other remnants of Christian life in antiquity.
How to pray like a psalmist
To prayerfully metabolize their experience and discern God’s presence in their lives, Christian leaders can draw on the embodied example of Psalm 31, writes a spiritual director.
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Samuel Rahberg
Director, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary
What the history of bread making teaches us about rest, curiosity and joy
A writer who teaches bread baking as a spiritual practice reflects on human touch, innovation and lessons from Genesis.
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Kendall Vanderslice
Author
Lessons from Minneapolis for people of faith
A United Methodist pastor in Minneapolis emphasizes the importance of faith communities’ public ministry during a surge of immigration enforcement in his city.
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Tyler Sit
Pastor and author
‘God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage through Genesis’
In this excerpt from his posthumous book, noted theologian Walter Brueggemann offers prayers, and probes into the deep, as he reflects on Genesis.
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Walter Brueggemann
Theologian and author
Why storytelling is a spiritual practice
Telling stories isn’t just about consuming them; it begins with reverence and listening, says a professional storyteller.
Link to author Elizabeth Le’anani Coffee
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Elizabeth Le’anani Coffee
Managing director, Lake Institute on Faith and Giving
Religious AI: Seven principles to consider when using GPTs
After studying religious GPTs, a scholar of technology and faith offers guidelines to help pastors who use these tools.
Link to author Heidi A. Campbell
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Heidi A. Campbell
Professor, Texas A&M University
Embracing a fruitless season
A writer adapts the church traditions of his childhood in Montserrat, where fruit and flowers decorate the sanctuaries, to his life in the United States
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Andrew J. Skerritt
Writer
A guided meditation for Epiphany: Created for love, labor and leisure
In a culture that expects relentless productivity, we need to shift perspectives to value rest, writes a director of programs and grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Mycal X. Brickhouse
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Mycal X. Brickhouse
Director, Fuller FORWARD, Fuller Seminary
A weary world needs hopeful stories
The ability of churches to share joyful stories that inspire action is especially important in hard times, writes an associate director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program.
Link to author Sarah E. Forsyth
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Sarah E. Forsyth
Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
