5 Practices to Encourage Congregations in Faithful Innovation
Ancient spiritual practices meet cutting-edge innovation.
Clergy
I’m here to find resources that can help me innovate faithfully and renew Christian communities.
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1.6: Love Your Neighbor Part 2
A continuing conversation about loving our neighbors in online community.
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1.4: Community
Pivot hosts Terri Elton from Luther Seminary, Scott Cormode of Fuller Seminary and Louise Johnson from LEAD gather to discuss cultivating community.
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It’s Not “Just a Dog”: The Ministry of Animal Companions
Animal companions provide a ministry of presence
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How Active Bystander Training Changes Our Witness
Congregations can show up in their communities with this training
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1.3: Lament
Lament is a language that changes how we communicate with God. Lament powerfully expresses complex feelings and situations.
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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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How to Lead ‘Dwelling in the Word’
An ancient spiritual practice that helps locate where God is active
