Vocation
The interplay among God, work, family and the individual presents complex joys and challenges. What does it mean for our priorities that God’s call lures us into relationship -- with God, with one another and with the whole of creation?
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Q&A
April 24, 2012 | Church communities do a better job of talking about the beginning of people’s spiritual lives than about moments of spiritual desolation, says the Duke Divinity professor and author of a new memoir. Read more »
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Q&A
April 10, 2012 | The editor of “The Art of the Personal Essay” talks about writing, teaching, and why it’s important to build institutions. Read more »
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Reflection
March 27, 2012 | Churches and denominations need to create and maintain a “culture of calling” rather than occasionally emphasizing it, writes a church history scholar at Campbell University Divinity School. Read more »
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Reflection
March 13, 2012 | Rapid change in the church offers an opportunity to try out prototypes of ministry with young people, says a scholar-in-residence at The Fund for Theological Education. Read more »
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Reflection
March 13, 2012 | Sinking a Jeep into the waters of the Pacific Ocean forces a moment of reckoning for a college student who fancies himself limitless and self-sufficient. Read more »
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Reflection
February 21, 2012 | Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent invite us into radical noticing. It is in paying attention to what's dead around us that we can be surprised by the hope of resurrection, writes the senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church. Read more »
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Reflection
February 14, 2012 | The writings of three Catholic thinkers offer guidance and a kind of mentorship to a young Christian. Read more »
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Sermon
February 14, 2012 | The Lord calls us to build -- even when what we’re building pales in comparison to former glory, and even when everyday life threatens to distract us from the task. Read more »
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Q&A
January 31, 2012 | Healthy youth ministry is not based on a single charismatic leader, says an expert in the field. It requires congregations to invest in staff and create a vision. Read more »
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Sermon
December 13, 2011 | Like Mary, we have been called to be fertile, to be a church from which the Spirit brings forth much fruitfulness and life, says the professor of preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary. Read more »
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