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Play helps us understand God and open new paths for ministry, says a pastor
Link to author Andy Stanton-Henry
Through partnership, prayer and perseverance, a small, suburban congregation responds to the community’s need for affordable housing
It took 16 years for Brigit’s Village, a 40-unit, intergenerational apartment complex in northern Colorado, to come to fruition.
Link to author Daliah Singer
Karl Stutzman and Ruth Szpunar: How do religious leaders evaluate information?
A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.
Grief comes in many forms
We have the right to grieve the loss of anything connected to our hearts. Church can be a place where those losses are recognized, writes a minister and therapist.
Link to author Peggy Haymes
Historic church teaches about the past and engages the present
The oldest Black congregation in Chicago restores its historic building while reaching out as history is made in the city today.
Link to author Celeste Kennel-Shank
‘Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders’
A missiologist, a religion journalist and a church researcher write about one of the largest American churches in the 1960s in an excerpt from a recent book.
When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network
New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
Link to author Delaney Dryfoos
Who supports you in times of crisis?
Families and congregations can help sustain us through life’s difficulties, but institutions also play a crucial role, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author David L. Odom
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
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
Link to author Andrew J. Skerritt