Reflections & Research
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January 7, 2025
Lost but found
Can you picture a time when you were lost as a child? Many questions came to mind: How will I find my way back to my loved ones and to the place I belong? What will I eat? How will I survive in an unfamiliar place, where I do not know who to trust? These […]
read moreabout Lost but foundNovember 26, 2024
The messy hope of Christmas
The reality and context of Jesus’ birth are far more inspiring than the sanitized version that Western culture embraces, a pastor writes.
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Luis Cortés: Esperanza builds an ‘opportunity community’ for Latinos in Philadelphia
Institution building is key to developing a new generation of leaders, says the founder and CEO of one of the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving faith-based nonprofits.
read moreabout Luis Cortés: Esperanza builds an ‘opportunity community’ for Latinos in PhiladelphiaApril 30, 2024
Loving through failure
There are life lessons in being a loyal fan of a team, whatever their win-loss record, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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