Reflections & Research
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August 20, 2019
When does breaking news compel a preacher to rewrite Sunday’s sermon?
The answer depends on congregational and community context and begins with another question: What does the gospel have to say to a broken and brokenhearted world in this moment?
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Lilly Endowment Inc. 2018 Annual Report
When the Rev. Joe Tito crisscrossed the border between McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, he saw firsthand the drama that his immigrant parishioners had so often described to him. When the Rev. Joe Tito crisscrossed the border between McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, he saw firsthand the drama that his immigrant parishioners had so often […]
read moreabout Lilly Endowment Inc. 2018 Annual ReportAugust 6, 2019
Dave Odom: What makes an institution trustworthy?
Predictability and transparency help people know how to do their work and why decisions have been made. And they set the stage to create a sense of agency, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Andrew Root: The challenge of being a pastor in a secular age
As we enter a new chapter in the life of the church, an author and professor works to answer the question: “How do we help those who no longer need a God encounter the living God in their lives?”
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