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How our pandemic experience might help the church engage “nones” and “dones”

Let’s leverage a year of forced innovation to be church in a way that attracts people who really are done with religion, writes a minister at a Greenwich Village church.

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By Alexis Lillie Minister, The Church of the Village
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Is it even possible for pastors to practice rest and self-care?

Like many essential workers, pastors are pushed to work very hard for very little. It’s no surprise that so many of us are tired.

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By Carrington Moore Pastor, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Women clergy and the pandemic: Weary, but not giving up

In these profiles, four clergywomen share their pandemic stories. Like many American women, they’ve struggled to balance work, home and community in lives upended by the coronavirus.

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By Yonat Shimron Journalist
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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.

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By Grace Ji-Sun Kim Professor, Earlham School of Religion
Image link to article: Our climate practices must change post-pandemic

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.

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By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer
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A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches

In a student ministry at the University of Mary Washington, two pastors have overseen the birth of several house churches by relying on the power of creativity and connection.

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By Edie Gross Journalist
Image link to article: A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches

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.

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By Alex Shea Will Associate Pastor, South Church
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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.

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By Nathan Kirkpatrick Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC
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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.

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By Heidi A. Campbell Professor, Texas A&M University
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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.

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By Emily Lund Director of Communications, Forum for Congregational Life
Image link to article: Emily Lund: Going it alone may mean you won't get as far

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