We have heard it said that adversity brings out both the best and the worst in who we really are. The times are telling on all of us, as we’ve had plenty of opportunity to reckon with ourselves over the last year. The compounded crises...
Program Curator Jennifer Maxell speaks with minister and therapist the Rev. Erica St. Bernard (Your Life's Well) about the difference between coping and healing, the importance of providing community spaces around mental health resources, and The Ministry Collaborative's Breathing Room opportunities for ministry leaders....
As we enter the Lenten Season for the next few weeks, The Ministry Collaborative staff will be inviting you into conversation with us on topics that we’ve seen bubbling under the surface of our work and experience as ministry leaders. Our goal is to use...
In a conversation recorded back in December, Executive Director Mark Ramsey spoke with the Rev. Amy Miracle (Pastor of Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, OH) about vitality, hope, and the pandemic's complicated decision matrix....
As we enter the Lenten Season for the next few weeks, The Ministry Collaborative staff will be inviting you into conversation with us on topics that we’ve seen bubbling under the surface of our work and experience as ministry leaders. Our goal is to use...
These days, whenever churches get mentioned in the company of banks, Congress, journalism, and big business, the news is probably not good. Case in point: Amanda Ripley’s recent piece in Comment Magazine on The Mystery of Trust. For decades, at least four different research organizations have been...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with pastor and author Lamar Hardwick about his new book, Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion....
“Seminary didn’t prepare me for this.” I hear this sort of statement all the time, from senior pastors to newly minted MDiv grads. These are really talented folks who have gone to great seminaries and who care deeply about the church and the world. Yet they are...
“No one around here trusts the other side at all.” - a U.S. Congressperson, January 2021 “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” - Psalm 56:3 Former Secretary of State (and Secretary of Labor and Treasury at different times) George Shultz died this past...