Powerless. Helpless. That’s how many of us have felt during the long months of the COVID-19 pandemic. What can we as congregational leaders do beyond providing pastoral care, supporting connections that come from being part of a faith community, and…
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“It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o’clock on Sunday morning.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1960. This quote remains true and begs the question “How do we heal the church divide?” Mario…
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What if the primary place for faith formation was not church but home? How would congregations adapt our approach to religious education? What kinds of support would households and families need? What resources could we develop? Sarai Rice of The Congregational…
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This week, we continue to explore the relationship between our congregations and our communities. Tim Soerens from the Parish Collective invites us to consider how our neighborhoods may teach our churches about the dream of God in the world. Jonathan Brooks’s church…
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The church has an invaluable role to play in times of crisis, writes an expert in crisis response.
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An Episcopal bishop reflects on four realities and priorities for the early years of ministry in a congregation
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A priest asks what role the church might play in social enterprises
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In this collection of essays, writers in their twenties and thirties reflect on their college years by telling stories of the intersection of faith and college.
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Claiming the pastor’s role as spiritual guide is a matter of seeing God’s presence and then encouraging its emergence within the congregation, writes Bruce Epperly.
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Stu was one of the first people to help me see that the patient work of discernment was a big part of what I was called to do. I was right out of seminary at the time. I thought that…
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