God meets us in the things we love. That includes serving as a drum major
A campus chaplain reflects on his own college days and how striving toward a goal revealed God’s larger plan for him.
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‘Waking Up Ghosts: Making Peace with Ancestors’
A minister weighs the inheritance of Korean spirituality and shamanism.
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Christine J. Hong
Minister and professor
Even when we don’t hear the Holy Spirit, she is still working
On a retreat, an elusive squirrel embodies the Holy Spirit.
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Aleta Payne
Senior editor, Faith & Leadership
Autumn is all about letting go
Fall is the season of limits that reminds us of our mortality. That’s a good thing, writes a pastor and author.
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Courtney Ellis
Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Master
Why read Wendell Berry?
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on what he has learned about theology and Creation as a longtime friend and student of Wendell Berry.
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Norman Wirzba
Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School
Letting grace guide how we welcome newcomers
A pastor notices how small gestures can help visitors breathe — and feel the grace of God — from the moment they step through the door.
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Brett McKinley Pardue
Writer and artist
‘Traumatized Church: What Paul’s Relationship with the Corinthian Church Teaches Us About Helping Those Who are Hurting’
In their new book, scholar Scot McKnight and therapist Adrienne Gibson argue that the apostle Paul was a deeply wounded man and that reading his letters can help us understand the effects of trauma.
Scot McKnight
Adrienne Gibson
‘Weathering Change: Seeking Peace Amid Life’s Tough Transitions’
Adapting to difficult change is like birds’ molting — messy, undignified, vulnerable, yet necessary — writes author Courtney Ellis in this excerpt from her book.
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Courtney Ellis
Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Master
How to pray like a psalmist
To prayerfully metabolize their experience and discern God’s presence in their lives, Christian leaders can draw on the embodied example of Psalm 31, writes a spiritual director.
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Samuel Rahberg
Director, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary
How children die in war
Reject the temptation and moral logic of redemptive violence, writes a Mennonite minister.
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Melissa Florer-Bixler
Writer and doctoral student
‘Confronting Islamophobia in the Church: Liturgical Tools for Justice’
Pastors who cofounded an interfaith organization offer three theological starting points for developing “holy envy” from a Baptist perspective in this excerpt from their new book.
Anna Piela
Michael Woolf
