Can Churches Build when the Walls Seem to Be Falling Down?
Creating New Imagination to Restore the Heart of Today's Church
Creating New Imagination to Restore the Heart of Today's Church
Ministering to the Beat of "Truth Love" in Today's Church
Finding the Beating Heart of Ministry in the Incarnation
Cultivating Religious Literacy at Home, School, Church and World
Celebrating the Wonder of Radical Imagination
How do people who’ve been robbed of so much ever come to feel grateful for anything again?
What is the heart of ministry for today’s church, as we find it these days—thinning out noticeably, wobbling more and more regularly as it moves in the world, struggling to stay on top of what the kids are on about these days? Maybe “tough love” is a bridge too far in terms of what’s needed in the church today. Maybe what’s needed is something we might call “truth love”—love grounded in an honest assessment of the reality of our common lives and the concrete demands they make on ministries of all stripes. “Truth love,” the insights of our contributors in this issue insist, takes us to the decidedly unromantic, often ugly, maybe a little bit scary heart of ministry. But it’s still beating!
Creating New Imagination to Restore the Heart of Today's Church
Heber Brown (December 2019 | The Best of Bearings, Heart of Ministry | February 2019). Posted in 21stCenturyReligion, ChurchChange, From Our Archives.
Ministering to the Beat of "Truth Love" in Today's Church
Posted in From the Editor.
Finding the Beating Heart of Ministry in the Incarnation
Robin Denney (Heart of Ministry | February 2019). Posted in 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyReligion, Featured Article.
Cultivating Religious Literacy at Home, School, Church and World
Corinna Guerrero (Heart of Ministry | February 2019). Posted in 21stCenturyReligion, Commentary.
Celebrating the Wonder of Radical Imagination
Angela Yarber (Heart of Ministry | February 2019). Posted in 21stCenturySpirituality, Art and Creativity, Creative Insights.
How do people who’ve been robbed of so much ever come to feel grateful for anything again?
G. Jeffrey MacDonald (Heart of Ministry | February 2019, November 2017). Posted in 21stCenturyCulture, From Our Archives, Gratitude.
Rebecca Schlatter Liberty (February 2017, Heart of Ministry | February 2019). Posted in From Our Archives.
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