Allowing Advent to find us honestly
We can reframe the Advent season in order to reclaim it, writes an author and academic.
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‘Barbenheimer’ helped me remember why I went to seminary
By offering complex and rich content, this summer’s duo of cinematic blockbusters could provide an example for better theological communication, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
‘Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us’
In this excerpt from his recent book, a writer and spiritual director describes the transformative power of sacred stories and why they are important to our individual and shared lives.
Link to author Mark Yaconelli
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Mark Yaconelli
Writer
When friends become family
Beyond friends, more than community, they will know us by our love for one another. A writer reflects on the bonds that bring people together, whether in youth groups, hospital rooms or birthday parties.
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Shannon Hopkins
Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood
‘Ask Me for a Blessing (You Know You Need One)’
In this excerpt from her book about her ministry of sidewalk prayer and holy conversations, a New York priest writes about creating space for people to share their spiritual selves.
Link to author Adrian Dannhauser
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Adrian Dannhauser
Priest in charge, Church of the Incarnation
Sharing good news about our ministries makes a difference
Ministries of kindness and positive actions are uplifting — and so are the stories we tell about them, says a communications specialist at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Tim Keller’s final seminar
During his last three years of life, the pastor and teacher Tim Keller revealed how his faith, prayer life and trust in Christ were deepening. His witness offers lessons — and questions — for us all, writes a friend and former student.
Link to author Mark R. Gornik
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Mark R. Gornik
Director, City Seminary of New York
Self-care is different from self-comfort
Modern understandings of self-care often focus on temporary fixes, not long-term wholeness, says a psychologist.
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Jessica Young Brown
Licensed clinical psychologist
Forget the doom and gloom — the future is open for Gen Z and religion
Traditional measurements don’t capture the whole story of young adults and faith. The reality is much more hopeful, say researchers at Springtide Research Institute.
Kari Koshiol
Kevin Singer
Five questions to ask during those Super Bowl commercials
Some reflections to accompany your soda and seven-layer dip, from a communications specialist at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
A blessing for those who minister
In a culture of effortless perfection, Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie are determined to tell the truth: life is beautiful and hard. In their new book, “The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days,” they offer blessings for joys and struggles and plain, ordinary days. And because Christian leaders are human too, they share here a special blessing for those who minister.
Kate Bowler
Jessica Richie
