In this series of posts, we’re looking at 7 inspiring women – passionate, courageous, prophetic women, who inspire us to think deeply, act courageously, embrace others, and bring hope to the world. You can see the first two entries here and here. In this entry, we're...
Miroslav Volf often theologizes about the relationship between gospel, church, mission, and culture. His theology has implications for us as we seek to develop a missional understanding of the church. For Miroslav Volf, the question of how the church and the gospel...
Holding Up Half the Sky: A Biblical Case For Women Leading and Teaching in the Church seminar series.
Our world is plagued by deep divisions—racial and political and social and other. If your Facebook feed is anything like mine, you see people express such misunderstandings and animosities every day. Sadly, the church too often mirrors and repeats these divisions. But...
Over the last few decades, criticisms of the church have become commonplace. Scores of books and blogs unpack the failings of the church. There’s truth in many of these criticisms and concerns. The church gains nothing by burying its head in the sand. Our hope is in...
This is the second in my series 7 Inspiring Women, looking at twelve passionate, courageous, prophetic Christian women, who inspire us to think deeply, act courageously, embrace others, and bring hope to the world. You can read the first one here. A few years ago, I...
By Graham Joseph Hill (in conversation with Mandy Smith) With each denominational and congregational crisis, we’re becoming increasingly aware that something isn’t working in our way of leading the church. So, we’re scrambling for models of leadership...
Between 1990 and 2000, theological schools in the U.S. experienced a dramatic increase in the enrollment of women and men of Asian, African America, Hispanic, and Native American decent. (I see a similar diversification happening in theological colleges in Australia...
My prayer and hope is that you make more mistakes this coming year. I hope you try something difficult or impossible this year, and, as is usually the case when we truly reach for such things, that you make and learn from mistakes along the way. The start of the year...
A Guide for Writing a Lament Here is a guide for how to write a lament. It has been put together by Jenna from "The Practice" in South Barrington, Illinois. As you write your lament, you may choose to write a parapragh or two on each point. Here are the nine steps of...
In this series of posts, we’re looking at 7 inspiring women – passionate, courageous, prophetic women, who inspire us to think deeply, act courageously, embrace others, and bring hope to the world. Instead of being constrained by churches, institutions, and cultures...
