1.2a: Loss and George Floyd
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, Louise Johnson and Terri Elton consider ways churches can respond and pursue justice.
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1.2: Loss
The basic contours of what it means to do ministry are gone. Our congregations miss much of community life. How do we engage the various layers of loss?
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1.1: What Does it Mean to Pivot?
How can Christian leaders help their congregations and organizations respond to times of chaos and crisis–faithfully and effectively?
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Finding Our New Normal
Find the keys to the different kind of leadership that is needed now.
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5 Practices for Coaxing Order out of Chaos
Take purposeful action to harness the opportunity found in chaos.
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3 Steps to Invite Listeners into God’s Work
Paint a picture for your listeners of God’s transforming work.
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Mapping What’s Ahead: The Emotional Journey of a Crisis
Dwight Zscheile examines the challenging emotional path that individuals, congregations, and communities can expect to take during the pandemic.
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Tending the Soul of the Institution
A dualistic way of thinking about leadership is limiting. Learn to tend to the soul of an institution as a transformative way forward.
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What’s Really Causing Church Decline … and What We Can Do About It
How can we renew the church’s identity and help in join God’s work in the 21st century?
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Being Good Stewards of Time
Adam Walker Cleaveland on the stewardship of summertime.
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The Range of Changes
Stewardship guru Keith Mundy reflects on some shifts he’s seen in recent years and what they mean for our ministry leadership.
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An Empty Offering Plate
Laura Wilhelm describes how her congregation’s context developed a local practice of having practically empty offering plates.
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Keep it Simple
Beyond faith communities, the second most popular place for charitable giving is colleges and universities. Given that fact, this week I’ve invited a college friend of mine, Matt Fedde, to share his wisdom for our audience from his expertise working in digital giving at St. Olaf College. Most of his advice will translate easily to…
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Why Does the Church Need Innovation?
How design thinking can apply to ministry—not for its own sake, but to discover and follow where the Holy Spirit is leading.
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Giving Alone
Many assumptions accompany the way we do church. Some of these theological and cultural assumptions are helpful to tie us together. Others can push us apart. Further complicating things, they’re assumptions we’re often not even aware of in the first place. In today’s post, Grace Duddy Pomroy writes about an assumption many church leaders make…
