How a small congregation changed a larger one

Sister Joanna takes the final step to monastic life

After years of discernment, a young Catholic woman enters the monastery -- and a life of prayer as a cloistered nun. > Read more

Episode 12: Matthew Croasmun on how (and why) to ask, "What makes a life worth living?" In the final episode of "Can These Bones," co-host Laura Everett talks with Matthew Croasmun about the popular Yale undergraduate course that invites students to apply the best of their intellectual energy to questions of meaning, purpose, value and worth. > Listen and read more

Jonathan Brooks: Sometimes the church needs to follow and partner with others The pastor of an inner-city Chicago church shares how he and his congregation have changed the way they work in their neighborhood -- and how that has changed the community itself. > Read more

Brenda Rincones: Reaching out to a new generation of young Latina leaders When the Woman's Missionary Union of Texas reached out to young women, they were overwhelmed by the response. Hundreds of young Latinas gathered at the SHINE conference to talk about everything from suicide to teen pregnancy. > Read more

Nathan Kirkpatrick: Tangier Island, the church and living on the edge Tangier Island is losing up to 16 feet of coastline every year and will be uninhabitable within 50 years. How many congregations find themselves similarly watching the sea rise, and why aren't we doing more for them? > Read more

A. Trevor Sutton: How a small congregation changed a larger one After his church merged with a smaller, older congregation, a pastor discovered that -- like the yeast that leavens the loaf -- the addition of new members changed his work in wonderful ways. > Read more