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Building Healthy Communities

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Falling in Love with God and Neighbor
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Building beloved community with Stephanie Spellers
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Something New Because of You
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The importance of how we talk about church membership
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Gospel Imagination
byJennifer Asp
The faithfulness of God in an age of division
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Bonhoeffer’s Challenge
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Three ways we’re called to deepen discipleship in an age of division
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Rural Revival?
byJohn Anderson
One church’s story of risk and renewal
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Accentuating the Positive in Youth Sports
byJeni Grangaard
How churches can support the beautiful and the good found in athletics for kids
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No Longer Living in Christendom
byMichael Perera
How much do we trust God?
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The Antioch Effect
byRosario Picardo
Reimagining church in a multicultural world via the book of Acts
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Coming Back from Burnout?
byBecca Krogstad
Seeing our pastors as people with the same need for compassionate care that we have
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Where Can Hope be Found?
byJoey Goodall
The importance of eschatology in Christian community
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Real Estate as Ministry?
byFaith+Lead
Invited into sacred spaces of transition
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What Does the Birth of Jesus Mean to You?
byFaith+Lead
Sharing faith stories is a gift.
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Listening to Spiritual Lives in Your Ministry Context
byDwight Zscheile
Learning more about the stories and struggles of those entrusted to our care
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Please, Stop Calling It a Pageant!
byEmily Dalen
Children leading worship helps us understand and experience God's Word in a new way
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Dear Sophia: How to survive my family’s holiday gatherings?
byDanáe Ashley
When experiences and views of loved ones differ, how can we still enjoy each other's company?
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Meeting Neighbors Where They Are
byFaith+Lead
Pastor Carl Johnson on missional church and the mixed ecology
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The Need Is So Great, but Small Acts Are Christ Embodied
byRev. Dr. Hollie Holt-Woehl
You can live Jesus’ message of compassion
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The Wisdom in Being a Nobody
byJanell Downing
Among the wreckage of our bruised and battered egos is a haze of grace

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