Letters - Missio Alliance
Explore what it means to write a Spirit-led letter to the Church today, shaped by context, culture, and faithful witness.| Missio Alliance
Explore what it means to write a Spirit-led letter to the Church today, shaped by context, culture, and faithful witness.| Missio Alliance
Curating content and conversations around the most pressing needs of the church to foster meaningful change.| Missio Alliance
Our World is Drowning in (Mis)Information Dear Church in Persistent Information Overload, Are you overwhelmed? If the Information Age began in the mid-20th century and ... Read More The post Communities of Wisdom in a World Drowning from Information Overload appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
“You are still carrying anger towards this place.” These words from a mentor and colleague cut to the quick and reflected actions that others had ... Read More The post Hospitality Involves Welcoming Restoration and Repair appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
It’s Not Up To Us To the Western Church, endlessly wrestling for control and power: The other day on a road trip I was listening ... Read More The post A Crisis of Control: On Letting Go of Power appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
"In spite of all the ways you’ve been bruised and abused, beloved Ecclesia, remember your true self. Fiercely protect the place deep in you where Jesus’ Name is written."| Missio Alliance
*Editorial Note: When Lead Pastor Kris Beckert told me that she wanted to write a piece on pastoral longevity because she realized that none of ... Read More The post A (Needed) Conversation On Pastoral Longevity appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
When I was in seminary, I said “Yeah, right.” Responding in a similar way as my youth group teenagers did to adult advice, the warning ... Read More The post The Secret Sauce For Pastoral Longevity appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
The Nourishment of God’s Womb for the Church To the Reckless Church in America, The thing which we’ve greatly feared has come upon us, sisters ... Read More The post The Bill For Our Recklessness Has Come Due appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
Scripture is clear: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. ... Read More The post How We Treat Immigrants appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
You Are Loved Oneya, an ambassador of the Kingdom of God. To those of the Church in the West, beloved in Christ before the foundations ... Read More The post Aren’t You Tired of Attempting to Dominate? (You Are Loved) appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
An Invitation to Listen When you really think about it, we write scores of letters every single day, in a vast array of structures and ... Read More The post Letters to the Church: An Invitation to Listen appeared first on Missio Alliance.| Missio Alliance
Beth Bramstedt| Missio Alliance
"Most of us preach rest far better than we practice it."| Missio Alliance
A few summers ago, while heading home to Chicago from a day at the lakeshore, our family was driving along a quiet road in Indiana ... Read More| Missio Alliance
"The work of racial healing is not optional for followers of the Way of Jesus. It is a way of being–a deeply raw, courageous, and redemptive process–that is essential to our formation into the likeness of Christ."| Missio Alliance
"The natural world is a restorative place for our souls. In nature, God may not change my circumstances, but may bring about my healing."| Missio Alliance
"Something about the natural world connects with us deep inside our bones and within our souls, drawing us to something greater. Nature is where people often experience God."| Missio Alliance
"Kintsugi art is a perfect picture of the long, slow, arduous yet beautiful mending work of forgiveness and reconciliation after trauma."| Missio Alliance
