Reflections & Research:
Pastoral Transitions
October 19, 2021
Robert Rueda: Students in the Rio Grande Valley are ‘an incredible gift to the United States’
Campus minister Robert Rueda inspires students with his message that their experience prepares them to be leaders. Then they get to work.
read moreabout Robert Rueda: Students in the Rio Grande Valley are ‘an incredible gift to the United States’September 7, 2021
Growing beyond rage into hope and collective healing
The tragedies of the world provoke understandable rage. But focusing on existential gratitude and connection creates space for transformation, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
read moreabout Growing beyond rage into hope and collective healingApril 6, 2021
Greeting our return when the old is gone and the new is here
iStock / Alessandro Biascioli As we resume in-person ways, churches are uniquely equipped to welcome people back, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. “When we return, we will all be newcomers.” It was just a casual observation, but as soon as she said it, the nods of affirmation and recognition in […]
read moreabout Greeting our return when the old is gone and the new is hereApril 1, 2021
From Good Friday to Easter Sunday
The cemetery at Siloam Hope First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where Wanda Lundy is pastor. Photo by Alexis Llewellyn The last year has been a reminder that death is part of the process that moves us toward new life, writes an assistant professor, mentoring program leader and pastor. Being in relationship with other […]
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