Do the people on death row deserve joy?
A pastor discovers that preaching to people scheduled to die is an experience of joy — for him and for them.
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As debates persist about their roles, women increasingly create their own spaces as congregational leaders
With the Southern Baptist Convention recently expelling churches with women pastors, theological debates are continuing over gender roles in leadership.
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
Black churches exercised their ancestral power during the pandemic. What’s next?
Black churches stepped up in the pandemic with information, support, food, testing and vaccines for their congregations and communities. That work needs to continue, writes a pastor and associate director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches.
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Kenneth Young
Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches
Esau McCaulley: ‘I was tired of telling simplistic stories’
In his most recent book, a bestselling author explores both the trauma and the miracle of his family as he makes peace with his father.
‘Beautiful and Terrible Things’
In this excerpt from her new memoir, the Rev. Dr. Amy Butler writes about being “unemployed and disgraced” after leaving the Riverside Church in the City of New York — then finding joy in her new project, a fund to help closing churches invest their remaining assets.
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Amy Butler
Founder, Invested Faith
‘Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us’
In this excerpt from his recent book, a writer and spiritual director describes the transformative power of sacred stories and why they are important to our individual and shared lives.
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Mark Yaconelli
Writer
Jo Nygard Owens: Sharing our creativity draws others to God
A pastor turned graphic designer and entrepreneur discusses her call, her creative process and some of what she’s learned about church communications.
Tim Keller’s final seminar
During his last three years of life, the pastor and teacher Tim Keller revealed how his faith, prayer life and trust in Christ were deepening. His witness offers lessons — and questions — for us all, writes a friend and former student.
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Mark R. Gornik
Director, City Seminary of New York
Empowering teens: Youth learn job skills and serve their community through a workforce development program
Richmond’s Church Hill Activities & Tutoring adapts to a changing neighborhood while preparing young people for their next step.
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Shane McCrae: Poetry communicates another way of being in the world
Poetry and belief in God helped a writer engage with the world and move beyond his horrific upbringing.
Rob Garris: What a church learned from designing a program for young leaders
It’s important to co-design any program with its potential participants, says a director of leadership development at Trinity Church Wall Street.
