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Kate Rae Davis: Resilience and pastoral leadership
To acquire the resilience necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world, pastors need people, practices and purpose, says the director of the Resilient Leaders Project.
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Catherine A. Caimano: Free Range Priests solve traditional church problems
An Episcopal “clergypreneur” innovates a new model of pastoral care in which congregations run their own churches and contract with her for services such as worship, Christian education and leadership formation.
Holy friends help us by naming and challenging our sins -- those times when we have missed the mark. Illustration by Jessamyn Jade Rubio
Victoria Atkinson White: The gift of friends who challenge our sin
Holy friends know us well enough to initiate difficult conversations and speak the truth in love, writes the managing director of grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
The Rev. Justin Mathews works the serving line at Thelma's Kitchen, a cafe operated by Reconciliation Services.
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Orthodox-affiliated nonprofit helps a neighborhood heal from a legacy of trauma
In a neighborhood long marked by the trauma of racism and poverty, Reconciliation Services is building community with an entrepreneurial but distinctly Orthodox Christian approach to mission.
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Nathan Kirkpatrick: Embodying the love of the good shepherd to regain public trust
The clergy and other religious people are often perceived as imposters seeking to harm rather than true leaders seeking to care for the world in a genuine, gospel-shaped way. What marks Christian leaders as real and true?
Top 10 stories from 10 years of Faith & Leadership
This month marks a decade of publication for Faith & Leadership. Check out some of our most memorable offerings -- and suggest some of your own.
Worship can be a powerful way to engage conflict, as participants discovered at this 2018 Colossian Forum event on political division.
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Michael Gulker: Conflict and Christian discipleship
In a time of intense polarization, both inside and outside the church, Christians are called not to run from conflict but to engage it, drawing upon ancient practices of the faith, says the president of The Colossian Forum.
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals: Finding strength in the forest's network of trees
Trees need each other, their roots intertwined, to thrive. Don’t our communities need the same connections?
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N. Graham Standish: What are the next chapters of your church's narrative?
Leading a congregation into the future requires understanding its story -- and helping it envision what new chapters might come next.
Kenneth H. Carter: We live in the tension of law and love
In the midst of the polarizing debate over human sexuality in the United Methodist Church, the bishop of Florida talks about his new book, which calls for unity and an embrace of “generous orthodoxy.”