Theology
Conversations about leadership often begin with the pragmatic. How does the conversation change when we start with our underlying theological convictions?
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Sermon
April 24, 2012 | Jesus is alive, and that means everything we have come to expect is up for grabs. Even the unexpected, says a Lexington, Ky., pastor. Read more »
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April 10, 2012 | “Jesus is risen from the dead.” Nothing makes sense without those six words, says the canon for regional ministry for the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Read more »
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March 20, 2012 | The church emphasizes Lent as a time of penitence and self-reflection because it has inherited from John the conviction that perceiving the in-breaking of the kingdom in the midst of the ordinary is foundational to its proclamation of the gospel. Read more »
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Reflection
January 31, 2012 | During his morning runs with a fellow student in Germany, a Christian ponders his friend the atheist’s question: When did life begin? Read more »
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Reflection
January 17, 2012 | The New Media Project wants to help faith leaders become more theologically savvy about social media, which is rapidly changing the landscape of Christian life. Read more »
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Reflection
December 20, 2011 | As Christmas reminds us, God has been mixing it up with matter from the beginning, and our calling is not to liberate light but to embody it, to work alongside God to knead light into clay, says the philosopher and theologian. Read more »
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Reflection
December 6, 2011 | Long revered in Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe is today acclaimed as the mother of the new humanity that is emerging throughout the American hemisphere. Read more »
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Article
November 22, 2011 | In this excerpt from “Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating,” a Duke Divinity professor argues that our work as Christians is to develop into godly gardeners, who witness to the life-creating presence of God in the world. Read more »
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Multimedia
October 25, 2011 | One of the foremost experts on theology and the arts talks about why “Do I like this?” is not the first question we should ask about works of art, and why sometimes silence is preferable to music. Watch video »
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Q&A
October 11, 2011 | Despite the pervasiveness of serious, somber Christianity, the heart of the gospel message is joy -- so laugh, says the Jesuit priest and author of a new book on religion and humor. Read more »
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