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Church Life

• How to Create Spaces of Welcome and Inclusion for Multiethnic Leadership in Church
• Two Retired Pastors Embarked on Short-Term Mission and Experienced Profound Hospitality
• How Is a Healthy Church Similar to a Business?
• Use Every Member to Grow a Healthy Church
• Change Is Vital in the Church

Faith Practices

• Step Into the Light and Spiritual Intimacy as an Act of Self-Care
• We Each Have a Story | Excerpt from Dim Sum and Faith
• Congregational Transformation Is Underway at This Northern Michigan Church. Here’s How.
• Myths That Get in the Way of Resting in God
• Why We Pause for Sabbath Rest Before Doing Justice Work

Prayer

• How We Discern and Dismantle Racism Through 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

Seasonal Worship

• Three Lessons of Hospitality from the Magi
• Experiential Pentecost Worship Service
• Trinity Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Pentecost Sunday Prayer and Liturgy Ideas
• Good Friday Worship Practices

Advent

• Navigating Cultural Identity and Finding Home in Christ
• Love Is A Little Bit Like Ice Cream. Here’s Why.
• Finding the Fullness of Joy in Unexpected Places
• Inspiring Ideas for Christmas Gifts that Give Back: 2025 Gift Guide
• Living in the “Not Yet” Requires Patience and Hope in God

Lent

Featured Resource: Daily Lent Devotions

• Ashes to Joy
• 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?

Leadership

• Slow Gratification: Saying “No” as a Spiritual Discipline
• Step Into the Light and Spiritual Intimacy as an Act of Self-Care
• Kids Books About Christian Women in Leadership
• How Outside Influences and Internal Components Contribute to Leadership Development
• Three Recommendations for Keeping Leaders Strong and Positive

Worship

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

• How Creativity and Music Can Be Like the Widow’s Great Offering
• How a Unique Worship Arts Camp Is Impacting the Church Today
• Three Lessons of Hospitality from the Magi
• Gluten-Free Communion Guidelines
• World Refugee Sunday Worship Toolkit

Theology

• Bible Translation Recommendations and Resources for Engaging Scripture with Hospitality for God’s Diverse Family
• Christ Calls Us Out of “the Way It’s Supposed to Be” and Into New Life
• What Does the Bible Say About Racism?
• 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

Mission

• How Difficult Stories Spur Me To Use My Gifts and Talents for God’s Mission
• How a Cross-Cultural Trip Brought Revelation 7:9 to Life
• How A Church Planting Retreat Is Changing Lives and Shaping Faith
• How A Holistic Ministry Is Engaging Its Community and Living Out the Greatest Commandment
• Our Road to Digital Ministry: Sharing the Gospel in Turkish during the Era of AI

Relationships

• Our Life With Autism Is Holy and Full of God’s Beauty
• Building Bridges of Christian Unity Through Peace and Understanding
• How a Cross-Cultural Trip Brought Revelation 7:9 to Life
• How A Holistic Ministry Is Engaging Its Community and Living Out the Greatest Commandment
• Why Releasing a Young Leader Is Both Hard and Good

Spirituality

• How to Meet Anxiety, Fear, and Grief in the Midst of Ever-Changing Lives
• A Look at Disconnected Spiritual Contentment in Grief | Excerpt from Navigating the Waves of Grief
• Navigating Cultural Identity and Finding Home in Christ
• Love Is A Little Bit Like Ice Cream. Here’s Why.
• Finding the Fullness of Joy in Unexpected Places