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Cynthia’s Story: The impact of a Transforming Community in the life of a pastor
My name is Cynthia and I am an ordained United Methodist pastor. Transforming Community came at the right time for me. I was looking for a spiritual director when I…
It is the Lord!
Happy Easter Monday, friends! Once again, Ruth invites us to celebrate the risen Jesus through five powerful post-resurrection encounters. We’ve reflected on these stories before, yet they continue to speak.…
“Eventually, someone looking for a church home will ask some variation of this question: So what kind of church are…
David Hall Strieff, 69, died peacefully but too soon on June 5th due to complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He…
Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have said to me, ‘Bring up this people’ but you have not let…
Consider these statistics from Barna Group’s 2017 State of Pastors Project: The average age of Protestant senior pastors is 54,…
Continuing the story of Transforming Community: The launch of Transforming Community 3 marked significant growth in the number of participants but also in…
Continuing the story of Transforming Community: The launch of Transforming Community 3 marked significant growth in the number of participants but also in…
Guidance on using the lectionary. “It is not the act of a good disciple to flee from the cross in…
Lectionary readings for Fourth Sunday of Lent Cycle A: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Guidance on…
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