My church is a beautiful waste of money
By the metrics of business management and capitalism, the work of churches and pastors is redundant.
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Tiffany Childress Price: Critical race theory isn't confusing. The conflicts surrounding it are.
Amid all the controversy about critical race theory, an educator sees the possibilities offered by having the painful conversations.
Link to author Angie Hong
By Angie Hong
Worship leader, writer and speaker
Being able to breathe requires keeping authority in context
Emphasis on the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible suffocates those who function outside the construct of whiteness, writes an assistant professor at the McAfee School of Theology.
Link to author Angela N. Parker
By Angela N. Parker
Assistant professor
COVID-19 has reframed how we grieve
The church has traditionally been a place of solace, but the pandemic has made mourning rituals more difficult. A managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity asks whether faith communities can regain that role.
Link to author Victoria Atkinson White
By Victoria Atkinson White
Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Translating God's inclusive embrace through love and lace
Researching the tradition behind a family heirloom enriched the wedding celebration of two young men, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Maria Teresa Gastón
By Maria Teresa Gastón
Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Accompanied by a communion of ordinary saints
All Saints’ Day is a reminder of the faithful departed who made room for God, a pastor writes.
Link to author Isaac Villegas
By Isaac Villegas
Pastor, Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship
Stepping off the conveyor belt to Jesus
Members of Generation Z haven’t given up on faith, but they need something different from the religion of their parents, writes Faith & Leadership’s summer intern.
Link to author Kristine McNeill
By Kristine McNeill
Faith & Leadership intern
The audacity: When Black women decide for themselves
As Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka have shown, society struggles when Black women prioritize their own well-being.
Link to author Khristi Lauren Adams
By Khristi Lauren Adams
Author
Healing our image of God
Our notions of God are inevitably colored by our wounds and constrained by the limits of what we imagine to be possible. It’s so easy to mistake the flood of self-rejecting voices for God’s voice.
Link to author Jean Neely
By Jean Neely
Scholar and writer
Growing beyond rage into hope and collective healing
The tragedies of the world provoke understandable rage. But focusing on existential gratitude and connection creates space for transformation, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Alaina Kleinbeck
By Alaina Kleinbeck
Director, Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program
The parable of the shopping carts
After 18 months of trying to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, our frustration with those who reject all measures is real, writes an editor of Faith & Leadership.
Link to author Aleta Payne
By Aleta Payne
Senior associate editor, Faith & Leadership
