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Faith & Difficult Conversations

How to have the conversations necessary for growth in faith and life.

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Bethany Fox: Including Those with Intellectual Disabilities

Beloved Everybody: a truly accessible church

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Open Table, Open Heart

Eating together at community meals as a doable spiritual practice

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Alcohol-Free Socializing

How to make sure not everything in your life revolves around alcohol.

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Cat Moore: Creating Belonging

Meet USC's director of belonging Cat Moore.

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Singleness in the Time of COVID

How the Church Can Play a Role in Mitigating Isolation

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Grieving While Leading

Losses in our personal relationships change our leadership

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Reconnecting with Members Who Have Slipped Out of Touch

A new model for reconnecting with members who slipped out of touch during the pandemic

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Faith & Relationships

How can we form vibrant relationships in ministry and life?

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Stewarding Community Through Darkness

Ideas for taking care of one another, even in the midst of difficult times.

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Listening to the Lament of Those Who Leave Church

It’s a process, not an event

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Agile Leadership: Flexible Perspective for Experimentation

Practices for living and leading well in divided times

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Erin Nelson: Experimenting for Innovation

Walk with leader Erin Nelson as she guides leaders of the church in the 21st century

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Playfulness Fuel

How joy and connection help reenergize us for the work ahead

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Called to Courageous Connection

One judicatory's experiments for leading change in troubled times

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