We are not suggesting that we bring “Joy to the World” back for one more rousing encore after the weeks just past. But we are thinking about the absolute joy of being Christ’s Church in this moment. It isn’t easy to talk about joy, as the...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with Lauren Floyd (Khora Counseling), Dr. Stephen Sansom, and the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) about hope and despair, the pain of religious trauma, and what it looks like to embody love....
As we round out 2025, we wanted to revisit this conversation, one of our most listened to episodes, recorded back in March. Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey, and Adam Borneman) about the need to preach resurrection, when anxiety masquerades as...
Program Director Adam Borneman continues his conversation with Ben Garrett and Saya Guscott (The Hatchery at Emory) about choosing the right metrics, what church leaders could learn from start-up culture, and asking yourself the challenging question, "what would you do if what you did didn't...
The Macedonian Ministry Foundation, Inc. has received a grant of $5 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life 2025. This grant will support a new multi-year effort of The Ministry Collaborative (TMC) to cultivate a renewed culture...
The ten most popular Christmas carols include Silent Night, Away in the Manger, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, The First Noel, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear … but alas, Once in Royal David’s City only clocks in at #14. Here are a couple of...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with Saya Guscott and Ben Garrett (The Hatchery at Emory) about identifying with the "dones", the potential in being "content agnostic", and trusting in God's involvement....
Where Are Your Christmas T&P Valves? A Few Timely Reminders About our Calling and God’s Grace I’m sure we can all agree that the greatest scene in the history of Christmas-themed cinema is in Christmas Vacation when Clark Griswold has an unmitigated meltdown in front of his...
There is a story told about the great country music guitarist, Chet Atkins (1924-2001). One day, Atkins was in a recording session with several inexperienced musicians who struggled to keep up with his genius and creativity. Exhausted and exasperated, one of them finally blurted out,...