Our climate practices must change post-pandemic
The inequalities of the world have been highlighted by the pandemic, and climate change will continue to threaten all of us, starting with the most vulnerable, says an author and professor.
How to navigate the chaos of returning to in-person church
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.
Let's re-envision "normal"
Along with the hard lessons of the pandemic, churches have learned things that can make them healthier for clergy and congregants, a pastor writes.
Greeting our return when the old is gone and the new is here
As we resume in-person ways, churches are uniquely equipped to welcome people back, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
What can the church learn from the pandemic about engaging with technology?
The move to doing church online isn’t just a necessity during the pandemic. It prepares religious institutions to become more flexible in meeting future challenges long-term, says a scholar who researches digital religion.
Emily Lund: Going it alone may mean you won't get as far
The pandemic has only reinforced that we are meant to accomplish things together, writes a communications specialist with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
We are physical beings -- what if our ministries reflected that?
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.
A congregation helps homeless people during the pandemic by offering refuge and support
When shelter options began to close for people living on the streets in Pasadena, California, All Saints Church stepped in by developing a system to offer its property safely and sustainably and to create a model for other churches to do the same.
