In a conversation recorded back in February, The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Borneman, Adam Mixon, and Ryan Bonfiglio) discuss technical vs. adaptive leadership, imaginative space, and whether we truly believe God's plans are better than ours....
The greatest commandments are these: Love the LORD with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:30-31). I used to think that hate was the opposite of love, but I've since learned that hate is the absence of...
In a conversation recorded back in February, The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Borneman, Jennifer Maxell, Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, and Ryan Bonfiglio) discuss the danger of complicity, the lure of co-dependency, and the critical importance of relationships....
We often face circumstances that don't make sense - situations that challenge both our faith and our rationality. The longer I live, the more often I find myself confronted with these types of things. One might think that this would leave me discouraged and broken,...
In a conversation recorded back in January, The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Adam Mixon) discuss the power of curiosity, the importance of facing reality, and how we can derive hope from younger generations....
My husband Josiah, a cheerful, relational sort of person, loves to comment on “that good old Nakamura pessimism.” I, of course, prefer to think of myself as a realist than a pessimist… but I’ll definitely own up to being a “prepper.” Not quite to the...
Content Curator Adam Mixon returns to speak with the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) about critical race theory, American Christianity's historic complicity in perpetuating racism, and how charity is used as a substitute for justice....
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.” – Hebrews 12:1 Picture a church running...
In a conversation recorded back in January, The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Mixon, and Adam Borneman) discuss hope, our death-denying culture, and the critical role that grief can - and should - play in our post-pandemic ministry....