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A clinical psychologist, poet and professor reads the letters of Paul through a psychological lens and identifies keys to his resilience and positive religious coping — and how those strategies might help Christians today.
Link to author Luis Cruz-Villalobos
We live in a culture of exhaustion and sometimes don’t even know what type of rest we need.
Link to author Kerry McLeish
Focusing conversations on “welcome” or “inclusion” is not enough; we need to learn from LGBTQ+ people and expand our understanding of community, a queer pastor says.
Link to author Mihee Kim-Kort
A walk by a stream prompts a writer and spiritual director to wonder: Could a fresh understanding of joy help restore us?
Link to author Samuel Rahberg
The verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial does not undo the accumulated horror people of color continue to absorb, writes an expert on faith and mental health.
Link to author Jessica Young Brown
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
The coronavirus pandemic has made clear the inequities in our health care system, including Black underrepresentation in clinical trials, says a researcher of unequal access to innovative treatments.
Despair is an understandable response to the world around us, writes an author and independent scholar living with bipolar disorder. But she finds hope in her trust that God is with her through it all.
Link to author Jean Neely
The calls to work for justice and to make room for rest are significant and difficult to balance, writes a pastor and denominational executive from Michigan.
Link to author Eliza Cortés Bast
Physical labor and activity have been a boon to teens during the pandemic, leading a youth pastor to realize that the physical matters -- to us and to God.
Link to author Matt Overton
Disparities in medical treatment and a history of clinical abuse have undermined trust in COVID-19 vaccines for some Black Americans. Faith leaders are helping through relationships and models for outreach.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Join us for Foundations of Christian Leadership in San Antonio, where we will draw on the rich resources of the surrounding community as we imagine and listen together to how God is stirring in our world, in our church and in our lives. Applications are due Friday, August 13, 2021. Session 1 will take place October 25-28, 2021. Session 2 will take place January 18-21, 2022.
