Ministry Matters - Leadership in the ashes | Celebration in a divided world

How can we confront difficult challenges in ways that can open space? Leadership in the ashes by Laceye Warner   We were returning home after several days away as we turned onto the long dirt road leading to our place. Our daughter asked, “Is that smoke in the distance? Is something on fire?” “No, that is probably just dust,” I replied. Read here

What is the method God has given for the transformation of the world? Celebration in a divided world by Elaine Heath   Margaret Wheatley, an expert in organizational behavior and systems change, writes compellingly about what is needed during times of massive systems change within society, which is precisely where we find ourselves today. According to Wheatley, as our society devolves into further fragmentation, violence, and death, what is needed is for people of wisdom and spiritual discernment to form small communities that exist as “islands of sanity” amid the chaos. Read here

What is the broader history of sexuality in Christianity? Scientific development, social mores, and changing perspectives on sex by Wesley Bros Comics   This week, we’re exploring the intersections that contributed to the modern Western ideas about human sexuality. By the late 1800s and early 1900s, psychologists popularized the terms “homosexual” and “heterosexual” as ways to categorize orientation and behavior that was either normal or a deviance. Read here

Focusing on God's faithfulness this Sunday On Pharisees, tax collectors, and spirituality gone bad this Sunday

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