Every day, ministry leaders make countless choices. Some are obvious, like how to spend the next hour, or which meeting to attend, what to preach, or where to invest limited resources. Others are quieter but no less significant, such as choosing to listen before speaking, to...
TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Beth Daniel speak about the latest data from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, the pull between formation and consumerism, and the need for collaboration. Listen to the recent conversation with Scott Thuma and Allison...
Each and every day, pastors make myriad choices. We choose where we spend our time. We choose who to pay attention to in pastoral care, and who to avoid. We choose what to focus on in our preaching and teaching, and what not to talk...
TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Mark Ramsey, and Beth Daniel speak about the promises and pitfalls of digital technology for churches, its personal and communal impacts, and how the church is uniquely equipped for such a time as this. Read Adam Borneman's blog...
My husband and I recently celebrated 30 years of marriage, and we marked this milestone with a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Part of our trip was spent exploring Olympic National Park. It’s one thing to see pictures; it’s quite another to be there in...
TMC Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with the Rev. Dr. Reggie Blount (Oikos Institute for Social Impact, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about partnering with those outside church's doors, the importance of seeing social impact as an act of discipleship, and...
Robert Frost’s famous poem The Road Not Taken is often mistitled, The Road Less Traveled - such is the power of its final claim, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” For many,...
TMC Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Watley Maxell speak with the Rev. Dr. Reggie Blount (Oikos Institute for Social Impact, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about the spiritual yearnings of young people, the importance of knowing them personally, and our unhelpful tendency to "pastor adults and...
In June of 1963, Fannie Lou Hamer was arrested in Winona, Mississippi, for using a restaurant restroom while Black. State troopers forced two Black prisoners, under threat, to beat her with a blackjack while she lay face down on a jail cell bed. A policeman...