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August 2016

August 13, 2016

Jesus did not command us to agree with one another; Jesus commanded us to love one another

By Mike Coyner Sometimes you hear something, and you just want to say "A-ha!" I...

August 10, 2016

On not knowing what to say

Christian leaders who are obligated to speak out on current events don’t have to join...

August 08, 2016

Productivity: 6 Tips for Getting (The Right) Stuff Done

There might be nothing so frustrating as working for an entire day, feeling exhausted when...

August 08, 2016

Charleston entrepreneur writing new story for day laborers

Derek Snook's social enterprise staffing company, In Every Story, pays higher wages, rewards reliability and...

August 07, 2016

The Conundrum of Introversion and Leadership

  By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. In...

August 06, 2016

Who is My Neighbor? A Response to Racism

By Mike Coyner During the NCJ Conference last month, the candidates for bishop were asked...

August 04, 2016

Helping and Not Hurting

Spiritual maturity as leaders requires us to know how to help just enough not to...

August 02, 2016

Your Hands Are Covered With Blood: A Response to Wayne Grudem, part 2

by Zen Hess Read Part 1 here. Seeking the Welfare of the Nation: Military and...

August 02, 2016

Your Hands Are Covered With Blood: A Response to Wayne Grudem

by Zen Hess Grudem’s Argument: Trump is a “Good candidate with flaws” Is it moral...

August 01, 2016

The innovation of the early American church

Although it is commonplace today for Christians to create organizations that tackle social problems, that...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

Why the Path to Business Success Should Include a Nice Nap

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. In the...

July 27, 2016

Are you working for the Pharaoh?

I love the Faith and Work Collective over at Asbury Seminary's Seedbed. Yes, I'm an...

July 26, 2016

Don’t Shrink the Church or the Gospel

By Mike Coyner Acts Chapter 20 records that Paul gathered the leaders of the church...

July 22, 2016

Why I Left (not the GOP, originally, although it could be that too)

I did not think there could be so much noise I would have rather had...

July 20, 2016

Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Us

This post is a contribution to the Patheos Book Club on God Unbound: Wisdom from...

July 13, 2016

This Matters: Response to the Shootings and a Call to Stay Engaged

By David Spickard People have been asking me how I’m reacting to all that’s going...

July 08, 2016

Another Day, Another Shooting: How Can We Be Peace-Makers?

By Mike Coyner It seems almost every day as I read, watch, or hear the...

July 07, 2016

We’re made to work

People are called to work, not just to provide for themselves, but to help the...

July 05, 2016

Mortality and the Bleeding Soul

By Jordan Dillon I didn’t know that I thought I was invincible until the moment...

July 04, 2016

God is working his purpose out #4thofJuly

For some reason this song is stuck in my head this Fourth of July, even...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

The blessings of business?

A month or so ago, I got an email from my doctoral advisor (who has...

June 28, 2016

Fickle Fans and Public Opinion

By Mike Coyner I was home last Wednesday waiting for some repairmen to arrive at...

June 25, 2016

#Brexit and the day I turned into a classical liberal

I found out about #Brexit yesterday morning under less than ideal circumstances: my husband and...

June 16, 2016

The good, the bad, and the Amway: a second post from #AU2016

I've now been through the opening banquet and one full day of Acton University, and...

June 15, 2016

“What if I told you the boundaries are wrong?” #AU2016

So, I'm here at Acton University in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids (I'm actually not kidding;...

June 13, 2016

Congratulations, Michael Coyner!

Bishop Michael Coyner of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church, whose reflections you...

June 09, 2016

The Blessed Virgin Mary, working mother?

When I wrote my blog post about working moms yesterday and went to the most-awesome...

June 08, 2016

More on the ugly secret of working moms

An article on this just came out in The Week, capturing very clearly a lot...

June 07, 2016

Jesus Reads My Email

By Mike Coyner Recently I was involved in a conversation about how people use e-mail...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Means of Grace

You ask of us a patience and a care we fear to take, a trust...

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