The mind fits the world and shapes it as a river fits and shapes its own banks. -Annie Dillard (Living by Fiction) I would love to live Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding. -John O’Donohue (“Fluent”) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do...
Program Curator Jennifer Watley Maxell continues our "When Politics Is Upstream of Faith" series, speaking with the Rev. Kate Flexer (St. Michael's Church, NYC) and the Rev. Dr. Albert Russell (Grace Community Church, Millbrook, AL; Tuskegee University) about keeping Christ and Christ's table at the...
Like many others, TMC is acutely interested in how leadership models are rapidly evolving, what this requires, and what it might mean for the future of ministry more broadly. A key component in this exploration revolves around spiritual maturity, wisdom, and faithfulness. Developing leaders who...
TMC Staff Beth Daniel and Adam Mixon extend their conversation with the Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton (House United) about building robust discipleship; exegeting both text and congregation; and what leadership looks like, called for such a moment like this. This conversation continues our series "When...
In the last four verses of Psalm 85, we read: Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before the Lord and prepares the way for God’s...
TMC Staff Beth Daniel and Adam Mixon continue our series "When Politics Is Upstream of Faith" with the Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton (House United) about shaping a concern for a shared future, the risk that civility is linked to privilege, and being shaped by what...
This week’s prompt focuses on the tension most ministry contexts face as they discern what elements of ministry are fundamental, “anchoring,” and worth sustaining (at least for now!), and what elements might need to be adjusted, shifted, or even dropped. This type of shared discernment...
Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker and producer Marthame Sanders speak with the Rev. Jennifer Butler (Faith in Democracy) and Dr. Napp Nazworth (American Values Coalition) about their partnership across the political aisle, pastoral strategies for broadening the conversation, and the enduring desire...
You’ve snapped it onto a clipboard and passed it around at your church board meeting, or your youth committee meeting, or your congregational gathering, at least three times … and it’s still empty. (Or, the few folks who signed up did so out of what...