Reflections & Research:
Wellbeing
April 16, 2024
Loving our neighbors, including the leafy ones
Learning the names of the plants around us is a Christian practice that invites us into loving, hope-filled care of the natural world.
read moreabout Loving our neighbors, including the leafy onesMarch 19, 2024
Resurrection love: Caring for bodies this Easter
A story about a hands-on ministry to the sick reflects the love of Jesus. But even in a novel, the realities of such care are challenging, writes a spiritual director and retreat leader.
read moreabout Resurrection love: Caring for bodies this EasterJanuary 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?December 12, 2023
The well of joy
We cannot deny the world’s suffering, but building up our sources of joy can help sustain us in work for justice, writes a clinical psychologist.
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