It became clear our theme needed to embody the different ways that Jesus would challenge people through his use of parables — Woven Together: The Power of Biblical Narratives.
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There Is Something We’re Not Seeing Here…
Throughout the holiday season I’ve been in the learner’s seat for a very practical lesson, but one that has large implications. It’s time I had some classmates.
10 Questions with David Kneip, Associate Director
We announced this week that David is joining our team. For those of you who don’t already know him, allow me to introduce you to my new boss!
Helping the Church Learn From Its Past: Restoration Day 2020
As a minister in Churches of Christ for 20 years, I often struggled with how to help the contemporary church appreciate its past.
Resource Highlight: What the Church Health Assessment Is Teaching Us About Generational Differences
What contributes to the growing divide between older and younger generations' views of the church?
Equipping for Ministry: Coming Soon to a Texas City Near You
We invite you to set aside the busyness of life and enjoy good food, link arms with co-laborers in ministry, and let someone else pour into you.
When the Right Church and the Right Minister Find Each Other, Everybody Wins
You might say that we run a dating service for ministers and churches; we highlight for a church someone they may wish to call.
Resource Highlight: Wes Crawford and Summer Seminar
As a church historian, I have been invited to join this panel in order to explain how an understanding of the past can help us chart a healthy path forward.
Resource Highlight: Ministers’ Salary Survey
Our research director Carley Dodd offers insights and reflections he gained while processing this year’s data.
Reflections on Fifty Years of Ministry
I was one of those guys who, from his mid-teens, knew what he wanted to do and be—at least in general terms. I wanted to be a preacher.
Resource Highlight: Ministers’ Salary Survey in Real Time
This survey offers church leaders a sense of how other congregations are addressing things like base pay, housing allowances, paid leave, healthcare, and retirement.
Ministry Spotlight: Drew Baker and ElderLink North Carolina
Drew Baker shares about his ministry with the South Fork Church of Christ.
Where Have All the Young People Gone?
With young people, church can feel like a boat full of small holes and slow leaks. When bailing isn’t working, and you are taking on water, it’s tempting to give up.
Small Churches and Abilene Christian University Summit
I first attended Abilene Christian University Lectureship when I was a freshman Bible major in February 1986. This was back when they still put up the big tent on the other side of Edwards Dormitory.
The Way of Wise Leadership
Phronesis is the wisdom drawn from experience, knowledge and insight to do the good and right thing in any particular context and moment.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Long before the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters were so popular and parodied, Charlie Siburt was teaching us the importance of the non-anxious presence.
Midweek Musings - Summer in Abilene, Surviving the Heat
What does God think of our tendency to move to a rain forest and pray for the rain to stop? Or move into an arid wilderness and pray for rain?
A Tribute to Dr. John Willis
For the way you have transformed how multiple generations view the Old Testament and how they now grow closer to God through the witness of these pages—thank God for you.
The Crossroads of Art and Faith: A Contemporary Christian Conversation
Dan McGregor discusses the value of art to faith in an image-based culture, highlighting how art has the potential of conveying the divine in a way that words alone cannot.
Clean and Unclean: A Contemporary Christian Conversation
Richard Beck explains the often-irrational reactions to things (and people) we perceive as "unclean."