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Street corner of Goodness Way and Peaceful Path; RVs and tiny house in background

Residents find new life at the corner of Goodness Way and Peaceful Path in Community First! Village in Austin, Texas. Photos by Brian Diggs

Innovation, Social innovation, Missions & Evangelism, Christian Leadership

People who were homeless find housing -- and community -- at an RV/tiny home village

Housing alone can’t heal the wounds of homelessness. That also takes community. Just outside Austin, people are finding both at Community First! Village.

Arts & Culture, Literature

Episode 7: Daniel Black on why black history is white history

In this episode of “Can These Bones,” co-host Bill Lamar has a wide-ranging conversation with author and professor Daniel Black about his novel “The Coming,” which is set during the middle passage; his commitment to the black church; and why “music does for the heart what reading does for the head.”

Mail slot in a door reads "LETTERS"

Bigstock/Denis Vostrikov

Youth & Children, Theological Reflection

Stanley Hauerwas: 'The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson'

The theologian talks about his new book, a collection of letters about virtues and character that he wrote annually to his godson Laurence Bailey Wells, the son of his friends Samuel and Jo Bailey Wells.

Group of white people having a serious discussion

It's important that white people who care about racial reconciliation and healing have difficult conversations in their own communities -- such as church, says Carolyn B. Helsel. Bigstock/Kasia Bialasiewicz

Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic

Carolyn B. Helsel: How can white Christians talk faithfully about racism?

White people may feel shame and guilt about racism -- but that should not halt the conversation, says the author of the new book “Anxious to Talk About It.”

Illustration shows a light bulb, gears, and a web of connections

Bigstock/Khakimullin

Innovation, Congregational innovation

Victoria Atkinson White: We create in community

Holy friends help us see the truth about ourselves and our contexts when it’s time to do something new, writes the managing director of grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

Word cloud of emotions; "joy" and "anxiety" are largest

Illustration by Claire Doyle Ragin

Technology, Social media

Angela Gorrell: Rejoicing and mourning online

Many Christian leaders want to make sure their institutions are using the right technology for ministry. But social media use is also a pastoral issue; social media spaces are places where people experience both joy and pain, writes an associate research scholar at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.

Worship at Convergence takes many forms, including this Bible study and collage-making event. 
Photos by Suzanne Rossi

Arts & Culture, Congregations, New forms of church, Innovation, Congregational innovation

Art and faith converge at a hybrid church/community arts center

Art shapes faith and faith shapes art at Convergence, a combination church and arts center that makes space for the creative exploration that artists crave -- and the church needs.

NEWS & IDEAS
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Daily headlines about the church and the world
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  • Comey, Niebuhr & leadership
  • Tribalism & church
  • Church of The Donald
  • Church-state case
  • Cemetery picnics
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Institutional leadership

Dave Odom: How to nurture a Christian way of life

Janice Riggle Huie: The right people, the right place and an opportunity to make all things new

Maryanne Stevens: Focus on what's core to your mission

Victoria Atkinson White: J.K. Rowling, Alan Rickman and the reign of God

Forgiveness

Rhonda Mawhood Lee: Angola prison and the communion of saints

Small acts, great transformations

Claudia May: Reconciliation requires us to observe, practice and take seriously how Jesus lived on earth

Ministry helps struggling veterans heal from the wounds of war

What We Teach

Christian wisdom is nurtured over the course of time in institutions that act as bearers of tradition, laboratories for learning and incubators of leadership, says L. Gregory Jones.

  • Thriving Communities
  • Vibrant Institutions
  • Christ-Shaped Leadership
  • Traditioned Innovation
  • Transformative Leadership
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Health & Well-being

Washing hands and prayer

The simple act of handwashing is often ignored by doctors even though it saves lives. How can Christians improve compliance with the analogous act of prayer?

Interested in better serving your community?

The first step to know who is in your community. The Association of Religion Data Archives provides a free online resource, the Community Profile Builder, which allows you to instantly access a profile of the social, educational, economic and religious characteristics of the area your congregation or organization serves.

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