Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Carla Jones Brown (Arch Street Presbyterian, Philadelphia) about the importance of doing what needs to be done today, the practice of contemplative activism, and how being old and cranky can lead to patience....
For me, one of the most striking images of the Civil Rights movement is the photograph below. It's from the march from Selma to Montgomery, March 1965. On the far left is Martin Luther King, Jr. and on the far right is Rabbi Abraham Heschel, one of...
“Tell them that I am a good Christian and I’m going to heaven.” Many of us saw parts of the drama play out in the U.S. House of Representatives two weeks ago, as the majority party struggled to elect its speaker. The person presiding over that...
Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with the Rev. Carrie Graham (The Church Lab) about the growing sentiment against dialogue, her work with people who don't like church, and the emerging post-COVID yearning for something beyond ourselves. ...
The Ministry Collaborative is excited to announce and welcome the Rev. Beth Daniel as our ministry’s Facilitator Curator! Beth is joining us – the first addition we have made to our staff in three years – to make sure we keep a strong relational focus...
Snapshots of the Life-Giving God. Week 2: God Our Constant Companion Snapshots capture unique moments of our lives that often suggest something about who we are, what and who we care about, where we find joy, and how we make meaning. In a similar way, scripture...
In part two of this round table conversation, the Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Ryan Bonfiglio, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Mark Ramsey) talk about the importance of wilderness, the problem of making assumptions, and puncturing our bubbles of invincibility....
Snapshots of the Life-Giving God. Week 1: God the River. Snapshots capture unique moments of our lives that often suggest something about who we are, what and who we care about, where we find joy, and how we make meaning. In a similar way, scripture provides...
In part one of this round table conversation, the Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Ryan Bonfiglio, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Mark Ramsey) talk about orientation, disorientation, and reorientation, and the critical role that they have in different parts of our lives and...