Seminary helped me understand sacred activism; now I teach it to my high school students
We can trust young people to handle complexity and think critically, especially when they have the necessary tools, language and space to reflect.
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Karl Stutzman and Ruth Szpunar: How do religious leaders evaluate information?
A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.
The Theological Education Between the Times project continues to seed fruitful, faithful dialogue
More than a decade after it began, a project on theological education has generated a dozen books and far more conversations.
Corwin Malcolm Davis
Ted A. Smith
With study, care and patience, a church makes a long-term commitment to help one family at a time
Partnered with other faith communities in their city, a small Virginia congregation has spent decades investing in families for the long haul.
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Edie Gross
Journalist
Why I turned my board room into a dojo
When a pastor created a space for embodied faith and tae kwon do in a campus church building, stressed-out students embraced the movement practices.
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Erica Liu
Executive director and pastor, Pres House campus ministry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Collaboration requires that I love and trust my neighbor. Theological training makes that difficult
Western theological training promotes a hermeneutic of suspicion that can erode the trust required for collaboration, writes the president of Vancouver School of Theology.
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Richard Topping
President, Vancouver School of Theology
Plainsong Farm integrates Christian formation with sustainable agriculture
Visitors come to the working farm in Michigan to learn about agricultural, environmental and spiritual practices.
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Sue Nichols Zimmerman
Journalist
Street Psalms trains and connects leaders around the globe to build communities of peace
An international religious order uses a teaching framework based on abundance, practice and peacemaking. Street Psalms offers a seminary, design studio and resources to its partners.
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Cheston Knapp
Writer
Being a teenager can be particularly hard right now, but hope lingers on
As they head into summer, teenagers may find that world events mean a less restorative season than usual. Adults can help by being attentive and truly listening to them.
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Khristi Lauren Adams
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Spiritual leadership is always contextual
It’s tempting to think there’s a formula for leading people, but it’s important to read the context to understand how the Spirit is moving, writes the vice president of spiritual foundations for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.
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Jason Jensen
Vice president of spiritual foundations, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
‘Everyday Christian Teaching: A Guide to Practicing Faith in the Classroom’
In this excerpt, a professor of education weighs how to begin a class and what kinds of messages those decisions about beginning communicate about Christian teaching.
Link to author David I. Smith
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David I. Smith
Professor, Calvin University
