The legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon grew up in the borough of Queens in New York City. Yet, when Simon & Garfunkel first went on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” and Mr. Simon was asked where he was from, he spontaneously lied and said “Macon, Georgia.” It...
Our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” continues as TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Maxell speak with Dr. Luther E. Smith (Candler School of Theology) about spiritual practices for pursuing justice, becoming the beloved community, and the wisdom of Howard Thurman. ...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Bianca Howard (Orange), and the Rev. Ashley Diaz Mejias (Voices of Jubilee, Richmond) about their work with youth and families, seeing faith as a landscape of resistance, and the freedom that comes in seeing yourself through God's...
Friends, as we journey into the weeks following Easter (what some of our traditions call Eastertide), rest assured that we may continue to proclaim Jesus’ resurrection with the same joy and celebration that many of our ministries exhibited on Easter Sunday. We are free to...
Ministry Collaborative program staff Adam Borneman and Beth Daniel continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” with the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) and Dr. Andrew Root (Luther Seminary) about secularism's influence on worship, having our being in Christ, and the importance of...
We continue our series "Faith Overflowing with Hope" as TMC Program Staff Beth Daniel and Amy Valdez Barker speak with Dr. Andrew Root (Luther Seminary) about resonance and alienation, the ordinary, and the utter arrogance of the idea that we should "save the church"....
Holy Week is upon us, and we are into another news cycle fraught with social and political unrest – threats of bloodbaths and government shutdowns – wars and rumors of war – oh yeah and allergies. And to top things off, many of us are...
Content Curator Adam Mixon continues his conversation with the Revs. Charles Maxell (Breakthrough Fellowship, Smyrna, GA) and Laura Murray (Fuller Center for Spiritual Formation) about the encouragement of the small things, how closeness needs community, and the temptation of the "pastoral pivot". This conversation is...
Ah, the Oscars. Viewers of this year’s award ceremony were treated to a naked man presenting the Best Costume award, a seemingly confused Al Pacino announcing the Best Picture winner, a five-star tribute to Barbie’s Ken … and a botched In Memoriam. Every Academy award...