A Presbyterian hiker ministry spreads radical hospitality in the Rocky Mountains
At the intersection of two major trails, a small Colorado congregation has shaped a convergence of volunteers, hikers and the larger community rooted in welcome.
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Aaron Treadwell: A new digital archive preserves nearly 175 years of AME Church documents
An ongoing project to complete the archive of The Christian Recorder newspaper and other publications shows the depth and breadth of Black writing since the 19th century, says the historian leading the effort.
‘Threads of Community’: Quilting and the Black church
Members of a sewing ministry and an artist share the way in which quilting honors tradition while also serving as a form of self-expression.
What does community require of us?
Throughout her life, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s writing, teaching and preaching made clear that true community demands the work of radical social transformation.
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Angela Thorpe Mason
Executive director, Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice
A group of volunteers offers a faithful presence in San Diego’s immigration court
After an effort tied to World Refugee Day, a Catholic diocese organically grew a program for faithful people to be witnesses for immigrants.
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Kate Morrissey
Journalist
‘Doing Well by Doing Good: The Missional Benefits of Church-Based Economic Enterprises’
In his new book, a priest highlights the hopeful message churches can offer when they change their missional and financial models.
Link to author Brendan J. Barnicle
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Brendan J. Barnicle
Dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
‘Healing the Wounds of the Displaced: Pastoral Ministry in Immigrant Churches’
A pastor offers his reflections on pastoral work in the immigrant community and the need for new ecclesiological models for ministry on the margins. In this excerpt, he writes a letter sharing his personal experience as a formerly undocumented immigrant.
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Francisco Zamora Avila
Sacred work can’t be measured in social media followers
Being truly present, to ourselves and others, can be a struggle when the algorithm pulls away our attention, writes the leader of a nonprofit that focuses on soulful practices.
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Anna Del Castillo
Co-founder, Our Own Deep Wells
Queering southern hospitality
How churches practice welcome in the rural South.
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Claire Brown
Priest and writer
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
Jared Stacy: Why conspiracy theories find fertile ground in American evangelicalism
Disinformation and conspiracies thrive because they are storytelling acts, says the author of “Reality in Ruins.” What’s needed to combat them is a different story.
