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Love Your Neighbor

Through mutual relationships with the neighbors among whom they’re hosted, Christian communities need to join in acts of compassion, justice, and reconciliation as a witness to the ministry of Jesus—particularly in places of suffering and despair.

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The Trinity Is Not an Egg
byHallie Knox
On bad analogies and the doctrine that won't stay abstract

#174: Where Is God in Our Suffering? The Theology that Actually Helps in a Crisis
byDwight Zscheile
Rolf Jacobson shares what he learned, theologically and personally, about suffering, community, and what it means to show up for someone in crisis.

#169: Christian Community in Crisis: How the Church Showed Up When the Twin Cities Needed It Most
byDwight Zscheile
Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm bring you inside the last eight months in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

#168: Ryan Burge on Religious Nones and What They Mean for Your Church
byDwight Zscheile
What do the growing numbers of religious nones reveal about the Americans sitting just outside your church doors?

#165: From Ashes to Action: Lenten Practices for Church Leaders
byFaith+Lead
In this special Pivot Podcast Lenten reflection, the Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson invites us into four transformative Lenten practices for church leaders.

#159: Discovering Church Unity When Two Congregations Merge
byDwight Zscheile
Pastor Brian Brown shares what it actually takes to build church unity across racial and cultural lines.
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A Different Kind of Evangelism
byJoey Goodall
Directing others to Christ by joining them in their sorrow
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From Coffee to Community
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How one church found new life in laundry
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Lenten Discipleship
byEun Strawser
Imitating Christ by entering into the suffering of those around us
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Beyond Church-Centric Ministry
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Anchor Church's mission to make a great city
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What Church Leaders Get Wrong About Prophetic Ministry
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Lessons from Dr. King's legacy
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Living Under Hope’s Roof
byHallie Knox
Logic-defying love, projected forward
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Sabbath Politics
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Reimagining the church's role in a polarized world
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Rediscovering Reformation Wisdom for Today’s Church
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"You're not okay, and that's okay."
Lessons from Ferguson and Beyond

Lessons from Ferguson and Beyond
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With the Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson
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Navigating Faith and Politics
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Insights from Luther scholar Rev. Dr. Anthony Bateza
Following Christ Beyond Difference

Following Christ Beyond Difference
byJon Anderson
Dwelling in Philippians 1:27 as a way forward together
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Biblical Justice and Innovative Ministry
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Lessons from the frontlines