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Me, John the Baptist, and the Future of Church
We all want change. But we don’t want to change anything. Maybe all it takes is listening to the raving prophets.
Read MoreBecome a Faith Practitioner
Spiritual healing is our business. What if we took a page from the medical field and specialized?
Read MoreCreative Minister of the Month – Daphne Reiley
Creative Ministers, doing and being church in new ways.
Read MoreWe’re in the Resurrection business
Church may not seem like a business. But we offer something everyone needs.
Read MoreWhat we should learn in seminary
Seminary in the original meaning – a ‘seedbed’ for ideas.
Read MoreRead this before you think about Stewardship this year
There are new – more faithful, more joyful – ways to reimagine sustainability.
Read MoreHow ‘Quiet Quitting’ Changes the Church
‘Quiet quitting’ is what Rabbi Edwin Friedman called ‘defecting in place’. It’s less about slacking and more about boundaries.
Read MoreExercise your Spirit
How church can be more like the gym – and engage members in new ways.
Read MoreDoes your church have a ‘tech stack?’
A ‘tech stack’ is ‘the collection of tools, platforms, apps, and pieces of software a company uses to build its products, carry out its business operations, and monitor its performance metrics,’ according to Hubspot. It’s the intentional use and integration of technology into the work a business does, in order to make it easier, more…
Read MoreTurning Digital Ministry Inside Out
Website, social media, streaming worship, newsletters. Instead of sending all your ministry content out (and not knowing who it’s reaching), a new platform lets you gather people into your own online community space. One of the fun things about being a Free Range Priest is that I get to try out new technology! Lots of…
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