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Leadership and Listening

Leadership and Listening by Jill Ver Steeg Leadership begins with listening.  This might come as a surprise to many since “leadership” is usually envisioned as

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Faith’s Shifting Landscape

Conversations on Spiritual Deconstruction and the Shifting Landscape of Faith by Allison Vander Broek I’ve been doing a lot of listening this last year, spending

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Robert D. Ray, 1928-2018

It may well have been one of the best marketing ploys I’d ever come up with–get former Iowa Governor Robert Ray to come out west

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Small Steps at Great Cost

In the seemingly endless parade of things to watch, I want to recommend a recent addition to Netflix: “Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits.” Originally

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Make Christianity Great Again?

My friends who are skeptics are cynical about Christianity these days. From our intramural fights to our political collusion on both sides, it all looks

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I Remember, Therefore I Am

Cogito ergo sum, Descartes famously said, but sometimes I think recordor ergo sum might be more accurate. “I remember, therefore I am.” I have a

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The Lectionary Advantage

by Melody Meeter There are advantages to preaching from the lectionary. Think of millions of Christians, Protestant and Catholic, hearing the same texts on the

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If We Could Spell

If We Could Spell by Chad Engbers This past spring, I took a group of students to George Herbert’s small parish church in Bemerton, a

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