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April 9, 2013

What sustains your ministry?

Knowing the beliefs and convictions that sustain our lives and work as Christian leaders inspires us to continue, despite unforeseen changes or setbacks.

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April 9, 2013

Tuesday's News & Ideas

  • Leadership as sales
  • Seminaries & the future
  • Cohabitation becoming common
  • Foreign priests in France
  • Clergy families
  • Quirky headstones
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April 8, 2013

Monday's News & Ideas

  • Warren family grieves
  • Judge OKs 9/11 cross
  • N. Korea leader worship
  • Pastor gives retirement to church
  • Controversial S.F. pastor
  • Tsunami fish travels 4,500 miles
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April 5, 2013

Friday's News & Ideas

  • Harvard minister Q&A
  • Welcome, Ruby
  • Pop culture & meaning
  • Praying Nones
  • What's next, N.C.?
  • NYC & modern childhood
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April 4, 2013

The value of working in teams

Many clergy are trained to think of ministry as a solo sport. But the future of innovation and the needs of the 21st century church require clergy who know how to collaborate.

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April 4, 2013

Thursday's News & Ideas

  • Tutu gets Templeton
  • Vanier advice for the Pope
  • No pastor problem for Obama
  • Gay parishioner booted from posts
  • Cut Mumford some slack
  • Stress on campus
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April 3, 2013

Wednesday's News & Ideas

  • Pitfalls of interfaith marriage
  • Threat of older congregations
  • Boston clergy abuse film
  • Womenpriest movement grows
  • N.C. state religion bill
  • No apology
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April 2, 2013

Listening only to criticism from others who have “dared greatly”

A wildly popular TEDx talk by Dr. Brené Brown is worth watching -- not just for her research on vulnerability, authenticity and courage but for the way she has responded to the sometimes malicious criticism.

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April 2, 2013

Tuesday's News & Ideas

  • Struggling seminaries
  • On being Catholic
  • Apostle's plans for the U.S.
  • Most religious cities
  • Evangelical college attitude shift
  • College rejection
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April 1, 2013

Monday's News & Ideas

  • Welby on hero leader culture
  • Doubt is our saving grace
  • Bogus martyrs
  • Mistrusting clergy in the UK
  • Joys of converting
  • Felted animals & Afghanistan
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March 28, 2013

Determining the viability of a Christian leadership training program

It usually takes three times before it’s clear whether an educational service is sustainable and having the desired impact.

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March 28, 2013

Thursday's News & Ideas

  • Nicodemus, the mystery man
  • Environmental Christianity
  • Christianity's African roots
  • Too religious?
  • Church-state tensions in Ireland
  • A walk in the park
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March 27, 2013

Wednesday's News & Ideas

  • Honesty of Holy Week
  • Easter: Do you get it?
  • Rebranding evangelicals
  • Tweeting the Passion story
  • New leader for Texas seminary
  • Pointing to our humanity
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March 26, 2013

Creativity and Christian leadership

An art and spirit retreat teaches participants to pay attention to one another and to what God places in our pathways.

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March 26, 2013

Tuesday's News & Ideas

  • Spiced up Seders
  • Art & religion
  • Religion a cable hit
  • God's side on marriage
  • America losing faith
  • Generation Naïve
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