Reflections & Research
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November 27, 2018
Justin Coleman: Stories of hope and second chances can inspire all Christians during Advent
In his new Advent study resource called “Home for Christmas,” a pastor shares stories of people struggling to escape gangs, homelessness and drug addiction — stories that offer hope, love, joy and peace.
read moreabout Justin Coleman: Stories of hope and second chances can inspire all Christians during AdventOctober 30, 2018
Neichelle Guidry: Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhood
The Dean of Chapel at Spelman College talks about her vocation — helping form Black millennial women in ministry and faith.
read moreabout Neichelle Guidry: Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhoodOctober 16, 2018
Chanequa Walker-Barnes: The purpose of rest is to enable us to work more, right?
Deeply and faithfully loving and caring for oneself is enough — it’s not just a pause between activities, writes a seminary professor and psychologist.
read moreabout Chanequa Walker-Barnes: The purpose of rest is to enable us to work more, right?June 12, 2018
Natasha Jamison Gadson: How I embraced my authority as an African-American woman in ministry
Overcoming stereotypes and assumptions has been difficult for a female minister in a historic African-American church. But, she writes, she was not serving the people by trying to be what others wanted her to be.
read moreabout Natasha Jamison Gadson: How I embraced my authority as an African-American woman in ministry