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- Weathering the Storm
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August 4, 2011
Published by Judith Gotwald at August 4, 2011
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Rereading our last post raised some thoughts. The Church spends a great deal of time promoting “change” and “transformation.” These words seem to be helpful only […]
July 26, 2011
Published by Judith Gotwald at July 26, 2011
We point you to an article on Alban Institute’s Weekly Blog, Hope and Ethnography by Dori Grinenko Baker. The article talks about the art of listening–attentively […]
July 7, 2011
Published by Judith Gotwald at July 7, 2011
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Why fear change? Change is good, right? Congregations know they need change. Pastors often demand that congregations be willing to change. Everybody wants change . . . […]
Local congregations can be agents of change