What a silent retreat in the South taught me about community as resistance and strength
Change can feel like it's never going to come, writes a professor, until all of a sudden it does.
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Why read Wendell Berry?
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on what he has learned about theology and Creation as a longtime friend and student of Wendell Berry.
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Norman Wirzba
Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School
Beyond church walls, common threads catalyze communities
Faith & Leadership checks in with three previously featured projects about their continued learning and growth over recent years.
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Abundance at the margins: How faith and food justice converge for farmworkers
A ministry in southwest Florida grows and gives away food to the people who harvest the nation’s crops but have little access to fresh food themselves.
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Alexandra Martinez
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At an Indigenous center, the lessons are a way of life
The Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice hosts retreats, sells seeds and cultivates a farm, all in the name of reorienting relationships through Indigenous traditions and thought.
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Cheston Knapp
Writer
Spring brings rebirth, renewal and a gift of pink tulips
A writer reflects on the past and the future as he plants flowers and vegetables in his garden.
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Andrew J. Skerritt
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‘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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Courtney Ellis
Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Master
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
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