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Stewardship 2030: A Return To Mission

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Spiritual Practices for an Audience of One

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Stewardship 2030: Increasing Church Income

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December 7, 2021

Grieving While Leading

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November 4, 2021

Addressing Grief, Loss and Anxiety

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The Faith+Lead Learning Laboratory

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Changing the Conversation

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Listening for the Future

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Creating Belonging

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Small Groups, Big Impact

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4 Lessons I Learned While Leading Change

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January 19, 2022
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Sari Fordham
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Practice Justice

Practical (and Spiritual) Responses to a World on Fire

Five Ways Churches Can Model Sustainability
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January 18, 2022
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Alicia Granholm
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Innovation Stories

Listening for the Future

Innovative Leader Lydia Bucklin
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January 18, 2022
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Melissa Spas
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Shift Ministry Models

Stewardship 2030: We’ve Never Done It That Way!

Reimagining Ways To Cultivate Generosity
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January 14, 2022
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Hollie M Holt-Woehl
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Connect with God

While You Wait

A downloadable prayer card that you can use to pray while waiting anywhere
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January 13, 2022
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Ruth Sorenson-Prokosch
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Connect with God

Let the Word Speak to You First

Before trying to get the sermon together
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January 12, 2022
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Tiffany McDonald
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Connect with God
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Innovate Faithfully

Adapting Spiritual Practices to Fit Physical Limitations

To care for our spirits amid physical challenges, we may have to change our methods
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January 11, 2022
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Jen Christenson
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Cultivate Community

Family Devotions Time

How to Start and Why to Keep It Going
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January 10, 2022
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Keith Anderson
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Shift Ministry Models

Stewardship 2030: The Stewardship of Our Attention

The Attention Economy and Churches
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January 6, 2022
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Tessa Pinkstaff
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Innovate Faithfully

Spiritual Practices for You and Me

Things Done and Left Undone
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January 5, 2022
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Jennifer Hackbarth
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Connect with God

Planning as Spiritual Practice

An Interview with Barbara Solsaa
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January 5, 2022
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Connect with God

Doable Spiritual Practices

Connect with God in the season you are in
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January 4, 2022
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Faith+Lead
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Shift Ministry Models

Alcohol-Free Socializing

Welcoming the sober to events
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January 3, 2022
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Grace Pomroy
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Shift Ministry Models

Stewardship 2030: Increasing Church Income

Sources of income for churches
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December 21, 2021
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Alicia Granholm
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Innovation Stories

Creating Belonging

Innovative Leader Cat Moore
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December 20, 2021
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Christmas, Unlike the Gifts, Will Come On Time

Christmas is anything but scarce.

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December 17, 2021
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Lee Ann Pomrenke
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A Family Like Mine

What I’m Reading Now
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December 15, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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The Clergy Couple: How Can It Work?

One Couple’s Perspective on What It Takes
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December 14, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Cultivate Community

Singleness in the Time of COVID

How the Church Can Play a Role in Mitigating Isolation
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December 13, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Stewardship of the Light

Saint Lucia’s Day Traditions
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December 10, 2021
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Timothy Bowman
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Innovation Stories

Small Groups, Big Impact

Meet Innovative Leader Sam Lim
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December 9, 2021
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Jon Anderson
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Shift Ministry Models

Learning From and With Rural Ministry Leaders

Findings from the Fall Listening Sessions
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December 8, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Practice Justice

Microaggressions, Relationships and the Church

Subtle or Unintentional Prejudices
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December 7, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Cultivate Community

Grieving While Leading

Losses in our Personal Relationships Change our Leadership
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December 6, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Shift Ministry Models

God Moments

Advent and telling our story
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December 3, 2021
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Lee Ann Pomrenke
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Connect with God

Relating to God, as We Relate to Each Other

A Bible Study for Personal or Group Use
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December 2, 2021
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Accompanying in Advent

Reaching Out to Those Who Became Disconnected
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December 1, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Innovation Stories

4 Lessons I Learned While Leading Change

Leading change in a congregation takes longer than anyone expects and includes grieving losses with those we lead.
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December 1, 2021
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Faith+Lead
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Relationships in Ministry – December’s Theme

The challenges of managing relationships as a church leader
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November 30, 2021
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Ben McDonald Coltvet
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Practice Justice

A Climate Scientist, Faith and Divisions: What I’m Reading Now

Help for talking about climate change
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November 29, 2021
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Arlene Flancher
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Stewarding Community Through Darkness

Stories about discovering God’s light breaking in
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