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Church Life

• How the Pandemic Has Revealed a Paradigm Shift in Our Approach to Giving
• Six Essentials Every Church Website Should Have
• How Mentoring Can Change Today’s Narrative of Young People and the Church
• What Should Our New Normal for Discipleship Actually Be?
• Not Just a Moment for Mission, but Mission in Every Moment

Faith Practices

• How to Practice Biblical Equity-Based Hospitality
• Three Tips for When You Don’t Know What to Pray
• How to Host a Community Meal (and Why This Biblical Practice Matters)
• Fasting and Prayer Guide
• What Did Jesus Eat?

Prayer

• How to Pray Like Jesus | The Lord’s Prayer: Petition 1
• How to Pray Like Jesus | The Lord’s Prayer Introduction
• Prayers from the Bible to Bolster the Body of Believers
• Three Tips for When You Don’t Know What to Pray
• Justice and Reconciliation Prayer Service Order of Worship

Seasonal Worship

• Experiential Pentecost Worship Service
• Trinity Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Pentecost Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Good Friday Worship Practices
• Three Ways to Encourage Your Church to Be Missional This Easter

Advent

• Why I Love Nativities: They Are Reminders of the Incarnation
• Celebrate Christmas at Home with One of These Global Traditions
• I Asked Santa for a Bicycle, but God Gave a Better Gift
• Making the Most of Holiday Breaks with Former Students
• 8 Ways for Churches to Welcome Newcomers in Advent

Lent

Featured Resource: Daily Lent Devotions

• Passover: The Taste of Redemption
• What Did Jesus Eat?
• Going Vegetarian with the Whole Family for Lent
• Good Friday Worship Practices
• Easter Activities for Sharing the Resurrection Story with Kids

Leadership

• Pastoral Transition Survival Guide: How to Navigate a Pastoral Search and Transition
• Bivocational Ministry Is On the Rise, and This Pastor Is Embracing It
• Experimenting on the Margins: My Journey in Adaptive Leadership
• 7 Important Books for Church Leaders in a Time of Pandemic and Racial Reckoning
• Ed Stetzer: People Are Being Discipled by Their Cable News Choices

Worship

Popular in this section: The Theology and Place of Music in Worship

• Justice and Reconciliation Prayer Service Order of Worship
• Litany for the One-Year Anniversary of Covid-19 Lockdowns
• Belhar Confession Hymns and Songs
• Belhar Confession Litany
• Belhar Confession Call to Worship Ideas

Theology

• How Immigration Court Challenged What I Thought I Knew about Justice
• What Is the Mission of the Church Today?
• What Mephibosheth Reveals about People with Disabilities in the Kingdom of God
• What Church Is Like for Me as a Person with Schizophrenia
• How Jesus Heals and Why It’s Different than a Cure

Mission

• How Immigration Court Challenged What I Thought I Knew about Justice
• Not Just a Moment for Mission, but Mission in Every Moment
• Why I Pursue Justice for the Marginalized in My Own Communities
• What Is the Mission of the Church Today?
• How to Connect with Your Neighbors of Different Faiths

Relationships

• How to Practice Biblical Equity-Based Hospitality
• Will the Need for Justice and Healing Ever End?
• Why Is There a Generation Missing from Church?
• Three Lessons the “Snyder Cut” Can Teach Us about Digital Ministry
• One Family’s Journey into Refugee Foster Care

Spirituality

• Will the Need for Justice and Healing Ever End?
• How the Spirit Is Moving in the Pandemic Reminds Me of Pentecost
• Fasting and Prayer Guide
• Shifting Points of View
• A Letter to My Fellow Asian Sisters and Brothers