Reflections & Research:
Rural Settings
January 9, 2024
What if preaching were an ongoing conversation?
Rather than a series of “one-offs,” sermons can spark a conversation that fosters communal spiritual continuity in the congregation. Here are seven strategies to do that.
read moreabout What if preaching were an ongoing conversation?May 17, 2022
How an initiative to support rural pastors is saving farmers’ lives
What happens when pastors are challenged to “think like farmers”?
read moreabout How an initiative to support rural pastors is saving farmers’ livesNovember 30, 2021
Recognizing and strategically leveraging privilege is a discipleship opportunity
Through passages like Acts 6, the Bible makes clear how privilege must be recognized and addressed — and the benefits of doing so, writes an author and leader in racial righteousness and reconciliation.
read moreabout Recognizing and strategically leveraging privilege is a discipleship opportunityOctober 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’