A couple of weeks ago, a young adult in my church returned from vacation to find her career-related institution being dismantled. She was disheartened, saying, “I never wanted to be a freedom fighter.” While she advocated for students with disabilities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds,...
The purpose of a beehive isn’t to produce honey. Honey is the by-product of a healthy hive. -Seth Godin When you joined your church board, you may have been told – with all sincerity – that your job is to produce honey. Well, not the sticky sweet essence...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Jennifer Watley Maxell talk to Avril Speaks and Julie Tiemann about the concept of actionable hope, the importance of focusing on the Divine, and how all the information we absorb without narrative ends up disconnecting us....
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he...
Conversations with church leaders these days often turn to Gen Z (those aged 13-28) and the inevitable question, How do we get them engaged in our church? Sometimes we get to hear what their congregations have already tried, including the use of screens, innovations in...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon continue their conversation with David Zahl (Mockingbird Ministries; Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville) and Heather Brown about David's latest book, wrestling with generational and systemic injustices, and learning to see grace as a gift....
When all the ways forward feel like lose-lose scenarios, choose depth instead. “The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its loss will bring: these...
Restaurants are returning to candles. Real candles – not the pretend kind with the fake flame, but the waxy kind with the live flame – the live flame you have to light by hand, and re-light by hand when it goes out, and watch very...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon speak with David Zahl (Mockingbird Ministries; Christ Episcopal Church, Charlottesville) and Heather Brown about David's latest book, our current crisis of despair, and the enormity of God's forgiveness....