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Melissa Florer-Bixler: Resisting busyness in the time of COVID-19
Pastors can be tempted to fill this time of fear with overproductivity. We need to resist that urge.
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A. Trevor Sutton: Meeting with your church online is vital for serving your congregation's needs
Online church offers congregations the ability to continue being church amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Edgardo Colón-Emeric: Óscar Romero was a shepherd, a martyr, a saint -- and a preacher
On the 40th anniversary of Romero’s assassination, it’s important to remember his message that the whole church is called to be the voice of the voiceless, writes a Duke Divinity School professor and author of a book on the archbishop.
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George Mason and Mark Wingfield: How to lead calmly in a global outbreak
Leading during a global health crisis requires trust in medical professionals and the courage to love and not fear, say two pastors who cared for a congregant whose life was upended by Ebola.
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Melissa Earley: Creating community in nature
For one pastor, feeding the spiritually hungry means meeting them where they are.
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Melissa Florer-Bixler: Worship can be boring, and that's OK
Making worship productive misses the point and submits to the logic of capitalism, says the pastor and author.
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Voting for our own souls
As the election cycle intensifies with its first primaries, Christians must remain engaged for the sake of the country and the integrity of their own faith, writes an author and activist.
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David Wang: Strengthening spiritual formation using psychology
The pastor and psychologist leads a project that helps seminaries evaluate their goals of spiritual formation.
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Reclaiming public faith from the religious right
The author and activist tells how the religious right monopolized public faith and family values, and how Christians can change the conversation.
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Manuela Casti Yeagley: Listen to the voices of women in ministry
Women in ministry benefit from seeing other women pastoring, says the lead researcher of the Flourishing in Ministry project. That’s why it’s important to witness and learn from the real experiences of women clergy.