‘Weathering Change: Seeking Peace Amid Life’s Tough Transitions’
Adapting to difficult change is like birds’ molting — messy, undignified, vulnerable, yet necessary — writes author Courtney Ellis in this excerpt from her book.
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Justice Theater Project encourages community conversation and engagement through its performances
For more than two decades, a secular theater company has partnered with Raleigh, North Carolina, churches to offer programing with distinctly justice-focused themes.
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
Mayra Macedo-Nolan: A faith-based network’s response to a traumatic year
In Southern California, the combined crises of wildfires and a federal immigration crackdown are known as fire and ICE. The executive director of a community coalition talks about the ongoing response her group has been part of and the sustainability of such work.
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.
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Delaney Dryfoos
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One year after Hurricane Helene, two churches share space and a renewed sense of mission
Two congregations, one United Methodist and the other Episcopal, have worked together since the devastating storm flooded one church and turned the other into a community relief center.
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Stephanie Hunt
Journalist
Serving God in the national parks offers nature and nurture
For almost 75 years, A Christian Ministry in the National Parks has placed young people in some of America’s most beautiful settings to work seasonal jobs and offer faithful connection.
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Edie Gross
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Plainsong Farm integrates Christian formation with sustainable agriculture
Visitors come to the working farm in Michigan to learn about agricultural, environmental and spiritual practices.
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Sue Nichols Zimmerman
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When the river rises in the Hill Country: Memory, belonging and the work of repair
A writer who grew up in Kerrville, Texas, where recent floods have caused devastation, reflects on the meaning of place.
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Shannon Hopkins
Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood
The pastor of a small church in a tiny town works to make a big difference
When the Rev. Antwon Nixon returned to his Georgia hometown, he didn't expect the call that would lead to his becoming a minister who would expand his church beyond its walls, all the way to the neighboring wildlife refuge.
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Stephanie Hunt
Journalist
Tiya Miles: Harriet Tubman’s belief in God was central to her work for freedom
Along with her ties to the natural world, Tubman’s faith was formational in the heroic acts for which she is — and was, in her own time — known, says the author and academic.
Forget optimism — choose hope
Hopeful people don’t blindly assume that everything is going to be all right; they work for a better future, writes the director of research at Duke’s Office of Climate and Sustainability.
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Norman Wirzba
Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School
