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Understanding wellness and mental health among pastors in 2024
Research reveals positive trends but several complexities that contribute to a sense of clergy well-being.
Link to author Shari Finnell
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
An award-winning podcast explores how pervasive and destructive conversion therapy can be
In “Dear Alana,” podcaster Simon Kent Fung tells the story of Alana Chen, a faithful young woman who died by suicide after experiencing conversion therapy in her teens.
A beacon of hope shines for LGBTQ+ youth in Florida
Through The Lighthouse, some Florida churches are offering a nonreligious ministry of presence that focuses on God’s love for all, opening doors for both young people and other institutions.
Link to author Catherine Montgomery
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Catherine Montgomery
Founder and executive director, The Lighthouse
Block by block, an organization addresses the trauma underlying community needs
In Pittsburgh, a Black Orthodox priest heads the Neighborhood Resilience Project, an innovative, faith-based community development program.
Link to author Tina Hay
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Tina Hay
Journalist
What we can learn from the contemplative heart of the Civil Rights Movement
Howard Thurman and other civil rights leaders modeled how contemplation fuels action and action fuels contemplation.
Link to author Michelle T. Sanchez
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Michelle T. Sanchez
Executive director, Revoice
Resurrection love: Caring for bodies this Easter
A story about a hands-on ministry to the sick reflects the love of Jesus. But even in a novel, the realities of such care are challenging, writes a spiritual director and retreat leader.
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
What chronic illness can teach us during Lent
For people with chronic illness, ever-present pain reminds us that the point of Lent isn’t to suffer but to transform hurt.
Link to author Amanda Martínez Beck
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Amanda Martínez Beck
Author
How to manage the Judas in all of us
All Christian leaders are vulnerable to the discontent and disillusionment that plagued Judas. There are ways to check that, especially during Lent, writes the associate program director for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author James Wesley Dennis III
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James Wesley Dennis III
Associate Program Director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School
Why I knit in church
Engaging with natural materials and making things with our own hands can help us be more fully incarnate, writes a pastor and knitter.
Link to author Christine Hribar
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Christine Hribar
Preaching associate, St. John's Episcopal Church. Beverly, Massachusetts
Rajiv Shah: How to solve big problems with big bets
Incremental change isn’t enough to address the world’s problems. Instead, we must work to actually solve them, says the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
