Among the top three questions we are getting these days from pastors and congregational leaders: How can we plan for our ministry in the next year? Or, do you have strategic planning tools to recommend? In every office I have moved into upon starting a new...
Well, that didn’t take long. For all the talk of unity on January 20th (and the gifts to the new president from Republicans and Democrats alike, and Lady Gaga’s memorable national anthem, and Amanda Gorman’s gorgeous spoken word poem, The Hill We Climb), by January...
The Ministry Collaborative program staff (Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Maxell, Adam Borneman, Adam Mixon, and Ryan Bonfiglio) discuss how following Jesus should reshape us: our politics, our priorities, and our lives....
In all my work as a pastor and alongside pastors over the past 12 years or so, I’ve never witnessed a time when clergy were feeling more stuck, beaten down, conflicted, exhausted, and, for some, simply hopeless, than I have over the past nine months....
On the Sunday morning after the deadly riot at the United States Capitol, Father William Corcoran put on his black suit and clerical collar and stepped into St. Elizabeth Seton church in the Chicago suburb of Orland Hills to celebrate the 7:30 a.m. Mass. So begins...
Content Curator Adam Mixon shares his reflection on greatness and truth-telling as he and Executive Director Mark Ramsey discuss the inseparable relationship of truth and love....
My mother used to tell me that, "If you lie, you will cheat, if you cheat, you will steal, and if you steal, you will kill." She would follow by telling me that there’s nothing worse than a liar. “You can guard yourself against a...
As our nation reels from the violent assault on the women and men of Congress and the Capitol Building last week, church boards need to direct their feet. They need to walk toward conversations about shared truth and walk away from the language of false...
In a conversation recorded back in December, Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. J.C. Austin (Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, PA) about antiracism work, the possibilities of the current moment, and how tradition can act as a springboard for innovation....