10 ways to avoid inadvertent antisemitism during Holy Week
An expert in Jewish-Christian relations offers guidelines for avoiding the implicit and explicit expression of hatred toward Jews in Easter liturgies and practices.
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Declining volunteerism is changing the church experience
Congregations struggle to maintain educational programs without volunteer support.
Link to author Shari Finnell
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
Perspectives from disabled Christians enrich our theology
A scholar’s book emerged from theology done in partnership with disabled Christians.
Link to author Sarah Jean Barton
By
Sarah Jean Barton
Assistant professor
Louise Hansen: Animals play a part in our spiritual lives
Including pets in church services can be one way to re-imagine the meaning of fellowship and worship.
Tired of constantly adapting to worship in a pandemic? You’re not alone
Many churches thought that vaccines would pave the way back to normal worship, but new COVID-19 realities are forcing us to keep pivoting.
Link to author Angie Hong
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Angie Hong
Worship leader, writer and speaker
How to navigate the chaos of returning to in-person church
With their plans upended on Holy Monday, a pastor and staff at a Michigan church leapt into Holy Week and Easter, revising as they went. He shares three insights he hopes will help others returning to in-person worship.
Link to author A. Trevor Sutton
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A. Trevor Sutton
Pastor and writer
Disability is not a 'problem' to be solved
The whole church benefits when those with special needs are welcome in worship, writes an academic who focuses on disability theology.
Link to author Brian Brock
By
Brian Brock
Professor, University of Aberdeen
Seeing beyond God as male
What it looks like when one congregation spends seven weeks focused on a different vision of God.
Link to author Isaac Villegas
By
Isaac Villegas
Pastor and writer
James K.A. Smith: What do our institutions teach us to love?
The professor of philosophy describes his own journey with Augustine and the importance of leaders paying attention to the formation of desire.
Alisha Lola Jones: Assumptions made about black worship leaders have history and do harm
The ethnomusicologist identifies how the stereotype of a flamboyant choir director changes someone’s gift into something to fear.
Worship can be boring, and that's OK
Making worship productive misses the point and submits to the logic of capitalism, says the pastor and author.
Link to author Melissa Florer-Bixler
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Melissa Florer-Bixler
Pastor, Raleigh Mennonite Church
