How Stories Can Save Us’

Can we make our congregations as welcoming as a coffee shop?

By Chris Aho

An experience at his favorite coffeehouse inspired a Christian leader to reflect on how to cultivate a welcoming organizational culture.

The will to end poverty

Q&A with Matthew Desmond

Poverty abolition is about political will and policy choices, and churches can play a crucial role in shifting both, says a leading researcher and author.

‘Barbenheimer’ helped me remember why I went to seminary

By Emily Lund

By offering complex and rich content, this summer’s duo of cinematic blockbusters could provide an example for better theological communication, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. 

‘Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us’

By Mark Yaconelli

In this excerpt from his recent book, a writer and spiritual director describes the transformative power of sacred stories and why they are important to our individual and shared lives.