Reflections & Research
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October 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 ministryMay 15, 2018
Matt Johnson: A church isn’t a blank slate, and neither is a pastor
Leading change requires understanding a community’s system for relating and behaving — and understanding your own family system, too.
read moreabout Matt Johnson: A church isn’t a blank slate, and neither is a pastor