Program Director Adam Borneman continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with Anna Stamborski (Crossroads) and the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) about the dangers of the "zero sum game", why local relationships matter, and the importance of...
The Ministry Collaborative is committed to developing pastors, ministry leaders, and congregations for creative leadership. Our focus isn’t simply on “skilling up.” Rather, we recognize and seek to address the need for growth at a much deeper level where things like sustainability, adaptivity, and intuition...
Program Staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Mixon speak with Dr. Olusimbo Ige (Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health) about compassion as her "why", building trust across differences, and how she sees her public health work as ministry. This conversation is part of our ongoing...
Well, we may be getting a bit ahead of ourselves. But this summer, Pope Francis did publish a remarkable Letter on the Role of Literature In Formation, in which he made a provocative case (indeed, in his own words, proposed “a radical course”) for the...
Executive Director Mark Ramsey continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Rev. Leon Stevenson (Mack Avenue Community Church, Detroit) and the Rev. Dr. Barry Jones (Irving Bible Church, TX) about their advice for younger pastors, what we can learn from...
This week’s prompt, once again, 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...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Revs. Carla Jones Brown (Arch Street Presbyterian, Philadelphia) and Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about trusting God more than self, the concentric circles of mission, and how each of their communities is most often misunderstood....
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak...
Program Curator Jennifer Watley Maxell continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Revs. Megan Johnson (Clairmont Presbyterian, Atlanta) and Justin Giboney (The AND Campaign) about the interplay between anxiety and empathy, the importance of both clarity and nuance, and why...