What does biblical justice look like?
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Practices to live by
What difference might it make in your congregation and community if you discipled people using the practices of our faith?
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What’s your technology strategy?
What’s your plan for using new media to glorify God, nurture community and equip disciples to love, serve and honor God?
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What does it mean to ‘worship in season’?
How are Christians called to connect our “worshipful life in Christ with our wonderful/worrisome life in creation”?
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The local church: post-pandemic, but not post-COVID
After major crises, leaders encourage us to get back to normal. Sometimes that’s impossible, though. A new reality emerges, and the old “normal” never returns. What changes have you made in your organization in the last 18 months that are…
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Approaching a second pandemic Easter
“We are about to mark the first time in the COVID-19 era when we have ‘lapped’ a Christian holiday, having completed one full circuit of the liturgical track,” writes my colleague Gretchen Ziegenhals. Even though this second Easter of the…
Read MoreLisa G. Fischbeck: Formed by worship to be in the world
An Episcopal priest reflects on four ways that worship can better form people to serve the common good in the world
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Dan Wunderlich: Ten Tips for Better Church Announcements
Announcements during a worship service are always something of a challenge, but they can be better than what they are in most places, says a pastor.
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Lisa G. Fischbeck: The Season of Departures
A priest reflects on the perennial season of departures within the life of her mission church.
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Ashley Goff: The Art of Worship Planning
How we plan worship reflects what we believe worship should be — a transformative, communal experience of observing, trusting, trying, reflecting, and taking chances for the sake of experiencing the Holy One, says pastor Ashley Goff
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