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Personal sustainability requires sacred relationships formed in God’s love. A managing director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity writes about what makes these friendships vital in this adapted excerpt from her new book.
Link to author Victoria Atkinson White
Language that stresses humanity’s distance from God can be deeply hurtful. I prefer to dwell on our belovedness and God’s unwavering maternal heart, writes an author.
Link to author Jean Neely
In a culture of effortless perfection, Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie are determined to tell the truth: life is beautiful and hard. In their new book, “The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days,” they offer blessings for joys and struggles and plain, ordinary days. And because Christian leaders are human too, they share here a special blessing for those who minister.
This first generation to come of age in the spiritual-but-not-religious era also is the first generation to deal regularly with mass violence. Could soulful practices help young adults process grief and fear? asks an author.
Link to author Dori Baker
A group of researchers found that feeling God’s presence was key to pastors’ avoiding exhaustion in the pandemic.
The shepherds’ story within the greater nativity offers wisdom for those mourning a loss during Christmas, a pastor writes.
Link to author Kalina Carlson
In this adapted excerpt from his recent book, a writer and divinity school graduate offers suggestions for healthier relationships based on dozens of interviews with men about their fathers.
Link to author Romal Tune
A death doula trained to help people who are dying and grieving drew upon the Black church tradition of “tarrying” during the pandemic.
Link to author Wylin D. Wilson
Caregivers must be able to recognize the image of God within themselves in order to care for it within others, says the author of a recent book.
COVID burst into our homes without our consent, upending nearly every part of our lives. Very quickly, where we worked, how we moved and what was safe became unclear, especially for queer clergy, writes the executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.
Link to author Laura Everett
An AME elder who is also president-elect of the American Psychological Association talks about the ways churches can make mental health an integral part of ministry.
