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Church Life

• 6 Myths About Church Health and Why They Aren’t True
• Repent, Repair, and Reorient to Restore Church and Neighborhood Relationship
• How a Church Can Love Its Neighborhood and Partner With Its Community
• Benefits of Contemplative Practices for Churches and Leaders
• Pulling Back the Curtain on Clergy Well-Being

Faith Practices

• Myths That Get in the Way of Resting in God
• Why We Pause for Sabbath Rest Before Doing Justice Work
• My Soul Finds Rest through Art: How an Unconventional Sabbath Practice Helps Me Connect with God
• Interrupted Rest: Keeping the Sabbath in Real Life
• How Spiritual Disciplines Can Free the Body from Wounds of Trauma

Prayer

• Benefits of Contemplative Practices for Churches and Leaders
• Why Centering Prayer? Biblical Grounding for Finding Rest in God
• How Prayer in the Footsteps of Jesus Changed My Life
• “For Yours Is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory” Justice and Reconciliation Devotion
• “But Rescue Us from the Evil One” (Matthew 6:13b) Justice and Reconciliation Devotion

Seasonal Worship

• Experiential Pentecost Worship Service
• Trinity Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Pentecost Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Good Friday Worship Practices
• What Can the Seder Supper Teach Us about the Lord’s Supper?

Advent

• When Christmas Feels More Melancholy than Merry, These Carols Comfort Me
• How the Longing of Advent Points Us Toward Creation Care
• Christian Christmas Traditions and Activities for Families
• How to Make Jesse Tree Ornaments
• How to Make a Jesse Tree

Lent

Featured Resource: Daily Lent Devotions

• Dust and Ashes: A Confession of Faith for Job and Us
• What Can Lent Teach Us About Creation Care?
• Passover: The Taste of Redemption
• What Did Jesus Eat?
• Going Vegetarian with the Whole Family for Lent

Leadership

• Three Things to Consider When You Want to Start Something New
• Pulling Back the Curtain on Clergy Well-Being
• Balancing Work and Rest Sustains My Call as a Pastor
• Three Ways to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. and Continue the Non-Violent Fight for Justice
• No One Is Called to Everything: Respecting Different Participation Levels

Worship

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• Justice and Reconciliation Prayer Service Order of Worship
• Belhar Confession Hymns and Songs
• Belhar Confession Litany

Theology

• Ableism, Theology, and Me: Coming to See My Disability in a New Light
• How Facing Death with Christian Hope Can Help Us Find New Life in Christ
• What Does the Bible Say about Life after Death and the Resurrection of the Body?
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• How to Choose a Children’s Bible that Will Form Faith for Life

Mission

• Revitalization On Our Farm Is About Embracing Beautiful Complexity
• God’s Irrevocable Call to Me as a Woman in Ministry
• What Does the Bible Say About Evangelism?
• Bible Translation Isn’t Easy, But the Holistic Process is Key
• The Future of the Church in Europe and What the North American Church Can Learn from It

Relationships

• Repent, Repair, and Reorient to Restore Church and Neighborhood Relationship
• How a Church Can Love Its Neighborhood and Partner With Its Community
• Diversity and Belonging: A Revelation 7:9 Vision for Today and the Future
• How You Can Love Your Neighbor as Yourself in Today’s World
• How I’ve Come to See the Church as a Warm Nest of Community and Belonging

Spirituality

• My Adult Gap Year: How Recovery from Cochlear Implant Surgery Changed My Plans, and What I’m Learning along the Way
• Lost and Found: How to Declutter Your Spiritual Life and Find What’s Missing
• What Does It Mean to Be Spiritually Rooted in Christ in a Rootless Age?
• When Christmas Feels More Melancholy than Merry, These Carols Comfort Me
• How to Tune Into the Work of the Holy Spirit