Transforming "We can’t because …" into "We can if …" offers space for creative problem solving, conversation and abundance, writes the managing director of grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.| Faith and Leadership
Two congregations, one United Methodist and the other Episcopal, have worked together since the devastating storm flooded one church and turned the other into a community relief center.| Faith and Leadership
Soup, a reserve fund and protests — these are some ways that a church in Atlanta is responding to families reliant on jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.| Faith and Leadership
Christian leaders spend their workdays asking questions, but few are trained in how to ask good ones. Good questions are powerful tools for building relationships, assessing needs, creating an atmosphere of inquiry and imagination, and charting a way forward.| Faith and Leadership
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Western theological training promotes a hermeneutic of suspicion that can erode the trust required for collaboration, writes the president of Vancouver School of Theology.| Faith and Leadership
By the metrics of business management and capitalism, the work of churches and pastors is redundant.| Faith and Leadership
Beauty isn’t just ornamentation or sentimentality; it provides the life-giving force of warm, appealing graciousness, says a writer.| Faith and Leadership
The trust built by a church in Galveston, Texas, is translating into better access to treatment at a free clinic staffed by health care providers and housed in former Sunday school classrooms.| Faith and Leadership
Two young Los Angeles artists talk about Alabaster, the company they founded to create books of the Bible that blend Christian faith with elegant design.| Faith and Leadership
Two children’s formation leaders write that networks of training and support are crucial for the success of anti-racism efforts in faith communities.| Faith and Leadership
Cultural humility requires us to adopt a posture of learning from those who are different from ourselves, writes the director of the Hispanic House of Studies, Global Education & Intercultural Formation at Duke Divinity School.| Faith and Leadership
Creative churches don’t panic when things go wrong. They pivot. But how do you know whether your church is prepared for it? writes an innovation consultant.| Faith and Leadership
With the help of the Holy Spirit, churches can build community, welcome the stranger, love our neighbors, and break down walls of oppression and injustice, writes a theologian and professor.| Faith and Leadership
Today’s Christian leaders need to listen to people’s stories, try small experiments and join in where new things are developing, says the founder of The Missional Network.| Faith and Leadership
A seminary professor in Pittsburgh learns from Quaker wisdom how to respond to the recent synagogue shooting.| Faith and Leadership
A pastor turned graphic designer and entrepreneur discusses her call, her creative process and some of what she’s learned about church communications.| Faith and Leadership
A mother considers the best way to respond to near-endless news stories about conflict. Is it OK to continue with daily life — weeding the garden, washing dishes and caring for children — while the world is on fire?| Faith and Leadership
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.| Faith and Leadership
A Texas congregation has formed itself and transformed a worn-down warehouse with art at the core of theology and community.| Faith and Leadership
As the 1950s model declines, new ways of being the church are popping up all over, and gospel truths are now being found in new containers, writes a social entrepreneur.| Faith and Leadership
Writing from her perspective as a former pastor and now frequent church visitor, an associate director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program suggests simple, concrete ways to welcome the visiting stranger.| Faith and Leadership
While the Bible encourages us to be hospitable to strangers, the possibilities can be frightening. Some churches provide models for bringing people together beyond weekly services or liturgical ties.| Faith and Leadership
As with a garden, so with the church — the remnants at the end of one season enrich growth for new opportunities in the next, writes a Presbyterian pastor.| Faith and Leadership
Rather than a series of “one-offs,” sermons can spark a conversation that fosters communal spiritual continuity in the congregation. Here are seven strategies to do that.| Faith and Leadership
What would you say for a PayDay bar? A lighthearted exercise using peanut-encrusted candy as a reward is remarkably effective in helping people speak more honestly in public, writes a human resources specialist.| Faith and Leadership
Seemingly mundane details, such as rearranging the furniture, may be an undervalued opportunity to stimulate connection and cultivate community.| Faith and Leadership
The season of longing encompasses both the joy and the pain of our very human desire for God, writes an author.| Faith and Leadership
