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Daniel J. Bernardo: Interim leaders aren’t just placeholders
Too often, interim leaders are expected to tread water while an institution searches for a replacement. That’s an important opportunity lost, both for the person and for the organization, says the author of a book on interim leadership in higher education.
A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches
In a student ministry at the University of Mary Washington, two pastors have overseen the birth of several house churches by relying on the power of creativity and connection.

A campus ministry opens a pay-as-you-can deli just as the pandemic hits
When the students at the Baptist Student Ministry in the Rio Grande Valley opened a deli near campus, they knew it was innovative. What they didn’t know was that their restaurant would become a vital source of meals for people in need.

Dominique A. Robinson: How I reach college students as a womanist millennial preacher
The inaugural dean of chapel at Wiley College blends traditional faith practices with a fresh approach in order to inspire and teach undergraduates at the HBCU.
Christian parents must allow their children the freedom to develop their own identities
A parent’s desire to guarantee a child’s success prevents the child’s own development -- and is not the way God parents us, says a theologian and mother.

It's not the church's job to decide who belongs
When churches hold onto anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, there are real people whose sacred stories and journeys are being forgotten, writes a college chaplain and author.

Matt Croasmun: It's time to ask more from theologians
Theology must return to answering the big questions of flourishing and the meaning of a good life, says a scholar and pastor.
Karen A. Longman: The world needs what women bring
Developing women leaders takes more than teaching women skills to lead like men -- it requires a new understanding of leadership that “writes women in,” says a scholar of women’s leadership in Christian higher education.
A campus ministry on the U.S.-Mexico border trains young Christians to lead
Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of the Valley and the nation.
Neichelle Guidry: Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhood
The Dean of Chapel at Spelman College talks about her vocation -- helping form Black millennial women in ministry and faith.