If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—then do me a favor: Agree...
The sheer velocity of change in this season – touching everything from routine tasks to global alignments – is leaving people and institutions out of breath and rife with stress. We wonder if the writer of Philippians could have imagined the world that would receive...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey, and Adam Borneman) about the need to preach resurrection, when anxiety masquerades as prophecy, and why proximity and community make a difference in ministry....
Doing the right thing is rarely the easy thing. Do the right thing, anyway. There are so many reasons to conclude that our world is spinning out of control. Many of us are nauseous from the noisy news cycles. Others are disillusioned by the disintegration of...
Out of arguments with others, we make politics. Out of arguments with ourselves, we make art. - William Butler Yeats Is there any church board out there unacquainted with all those “arguments with others” that have saturated our society for the past several years? Almost every decision...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, and Adam Borneman) about the imbalance of the current moment, the reality of disappointing others, and the importance of remembering that the final word is resurrection....
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant - St. David’s Day – is celebrated annually on March 1st. This Patron Saint of Wales isn’t widely known outside of his homeland. There are no parties, parades, or turning rivers green as for St. Patrick! While several miracles are attributed...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, and Beth Daniel) about the importance of proximity in embracing the humanity of others, the comforting mystery of God, and the timely wisdom of James Baldwin. Listen here....
“How do we live a life of (un)successful significance rather than meaningless influence?” – Pete Portal The latest BARNA research has made the bold statement that “Americans are slowly edging away from Christianity.” Barna notes that, “Christian Identity is on the decline,” and “so is the importance...