church leadership
A Counter-Strategy to a Deep-Fake Faith
The Chosen, now streaming its fourth season, is a worldwide phenomenon. Crowd-funded from the beginning, the show has been so
July 26, 2024
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church leadership
A Post-Pandemic Financial Checkup
In the thick of the pandemic, the Lilly Endowment gave the Hartford Institute for Religion Research a multi-million dollar grant
July 19, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Parenting As Calling
I’m walking closely alongside two sets of parents who are raising young children in this world. I’m constantly struck by
July 18, 2024
church leadership
The Decline & Fall of Atheism?
Is it just me, or are the self-outing atheists I see on TV and online a kinder, gentler, more “spiritual”
July 12, 2024
church leadership
Countering ‘The Great Deception’
Last weekend I was driving around town ticking off my to-do list and listening to an episode of This American
July 5, 2024
church leadership
The Forming of Peculiar People
Think of a cultural environment very familiar to you that is not your home—your church, workplace, health club, volunteer organization,
June 28, 2024
church leadership
Losing Our Chaff
In a BBC Earth nature documentary, cameras follow a pair of hornbills (tropical birds) as they carry out a
June 21, 2024
church leadership
The De-Fanging of Jesus
Jesus often said things we don’t think He should’ve said—a case in point: “I came not to bring peace, but
June 14, 2024
church leadership
What Kids Wish Their Parents Knew
In the Frontline documentary “Inside the World of the Teenage Brain,” producers interviewed Ellen Galinsky, president and co-founder of the
May 30, 2024
church leadership
The Fuzzy Faith-Connections of Contemporary Families
In her latest “What We’re Learning” blog, Dr. Nancy Going targets our discoveries about parents’ evolving relationship with their faith,
May 24, 2024