Trust

I was surprised to find myself hosting an off-the-record chat with people worlds apart on public health. But I hope that night was a seed of something new.

In a cynical age, pastors must carry their calling with tenderness and grit.

Chosen by Matt Reynolds, CT senior books editor.

When beloved congregants turned on me, who could I trust for advice?

What happens when local churches stop competing and start seeing themselves as multiple sites of God’s Church in a city?

His words challenged everything I had learned about pastoral vision.

In a world of noise, people need us to listen with God’s ears.

How I’m learning to lead God’s people one basket of manna at a time.

Childhood trauma can sabotage ministry in sinister ways.

What living next to a doomsday prepper taught me about loving my neighbor.