‘Sharing the Crust: A Communion of Saints in a Baltimore Neighborhood’

The brain, the heart and the soul: How three Catholic churches are merging to create a new type of parish BY CLAIRE ZULKEY

Catalytic organizations inspire BY DAVID L. ODOM

Disruption is often the key to renewal BY JASON BUTLER

A dying church’s gift inspires a young congregation to help people experiencing homelessness

Resist the drama of national electoral politics and invest your time in local issues

By Adam Joyce

Engaging in local politics helps avoid “political hobbyism” and focuses on the spaces most immediate to our lives.

Building a great affirmation: 3 postelection truths every church can claim

By Andy Stanton-Henry

In the midst of ongoing political turmoil, pastors can step back and cling to three affirmations.

The work of preparing for leadership changes has biblical roots and modern models

By Elizabeth Tamez Méndez

Decentralized networks and intergenerational storytelling better prepare organizations for leadership succession, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

‘Sharing the Crust: A Communion of Saints in a Baltimore Neighborhood’

By Mark R. Gornik

In this excerpt, the author writes about his friend and mentor Allan Tibbels’ “gift of prophetic conscience” and how it drove his work to build Christian community in a marginalized neighborhood.

Composting the church offers flourishing in the shadow of decline

By McKenna Wallen

As with a garden, so with the church — the remnants at the end of one season enrich growth for new opportunities in the next, writes a Presbyterian pastor.

The visionary and the implementer: Partners combine strengths to launch a housing development for formerly homeless older adults

By Robyn Ross

When San Antonio’s Catholic Worker house grew from offering a feeding ministry to building affordable housing, its leader got help from a surprising source: an administrator in the city department that had tried to shut it down.