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Is the Political Divide in Mainline Churches Even Real?
Recent data shows the mainline clergy are more likely to be liberal than their congregations. We shouldn’t assume this is real. Or matters.
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My 3 Words for 2025
These are the three words I use to guide the year. It’s a practice I’ve been up to since 2016 and find it helps me focus.
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Follow—are we ever really ready?
Following a leader into the unknown is never an easy proposition. Following when death and the end of the movement is even harder.
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Messiah and a new kind of leader
The word “Messiah” is loaded with meaning—then and now. And that meaning is built around expectations that Jesus won’t embody.
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Members aren’t customers
Many organizations struggle with members confusing their role in the organization: wanting to be the people the organization serves.
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Evangelism is more than Bible verses
The idea of putting a verse’s notation out into the world, hoping someone will open a Bible and be converted to Christ is just weird.
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We aren’t herding cats
It sometimes seems impossible to motivate people to do what they don’t want to do. But cats have a way better excuse than we do.
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The great tension at the heart of Lent
What is going on for many of us in Lent is being told that we need self-control and then reading why control is a problem.