Our TMC team continues to explore what this moment requires of ministry leaders. Not louder voices, not faster movement, not better branding, but something deeper. We are not short on passion. If anything, passion is everywhere, urgent, reactive, constant. But as Adam Mixon reminds us, “the...
About once a year we find ourselves turning to the world of sports for an apt insight into the work of church boards. Our sports offering this year comes from Rick Pitino, storied basketball coach with over 900 wins to his career, now coaching the...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Mark Ramsey, and Beth Daniel) discuss the struggle over narratives; principalities and powers; and why memory is critical for hope. Listen to Jennifer's conversation with Avril Speaks and Julie Tiemann here. Read Adam Mixon's blog post here. Episode Transcript....
One of my most significant callings as a father is to make sure my children understand the real value of the internet. So naturally we watch a lot of funny cat videos on YouTube. On one such occasion, my eight-year-old chuckled at some absurd cat behavior, turned...
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At a recent gathering for faith leaders, the host greeted participants with a familiar opening. “We know we are living in challenging times.” The room nodded. Of course we are. Which prompts a thought: On what day, from today forward, will we ever say that these...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Watley Maxell, and Adam Borneman) discuss confrontation and comfort, the importance of context, and how the gospel helps us get under our assumptions. Read the original blog post and poem here. Episode Transcript....
Among the many pastoral responsibilities that clergy and congregational church leaders juggle, our prophetic responsibility to defend the faith and tell the truth about what’s happening in our world is one of the most complex, least discussed, and arguably most urgent, given the social and...
There is a moment early in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire when Blanche DuBois, fragile and frightened, asks that a bare lightbulb be covered with a paper lantern. It is one of the theater's most economical images: a person so worn down by the...