Exploring evangelism, patience, burnout, and the body of Christ.
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** Where the heart is
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I landed a few hours ago and am back in my apartment after a week in Pittsburgh. As I was thinking about my time away, something curious happened in my mind: I thought, “It was nice to be home for a week with family, but after so much traveling I’m glad to be home today.” I was at home last week in PA, and I’m home today in Chicago. Where, exactly, is my home? Home is a funny thing.
The truth is that some words, like home, hold worlds of meaning. Debie Thomas is rethinking the troubling word “evangelism.” ([link removed]) Sam Wells explores varying expressions of “patience.” ([link removed]) Rachell Mann ponders the implications of the church being the “body of Christ.” ([link removed]) Our readers offer essays with many different takes on the word “disguise.” ([link removed])
In our video of the week, I chat with Century Voices columnist Julian DeShazier about clergy burnout ([link removed]) and some of its root causes.
Email me: What place feels like home to you?
Jon Mathieu
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This week’s top new pieces:
** Reclaiming the E word ([link removed])
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“I’m fully on board with these objections to evangelism. But our earliest Christian ancestors lived and died in the hope of offering the whole world an invitation to radical, transformative, healing, empowering love.”
by Debie Thomas
** True patience ([link removed])
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“Bryan Stevenson’s witness recalled for me a phrase adopted by Eugene Peterson but originally coined by Friedrich Nietzsche, who spoke of patience as a ‘long obedience in the same direction.’”
by Samuel Wells
** The skin of Christ ([link removed])
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“Bodies keep us honest: they tie us to fragility but also remind us of the glory of being alive.”
by Rachel Mann
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** In the Lectionary for February 19 (Transfiguration A) ([link removed])
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When our beloved buildings are gone, what will endure is relationship.
by Kathryn Z. Johnston
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** [Video] Julian DeShazier on clergy burnout ([link removed])
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Jon chats with Julian DeShazier—pastor, hip hop artist, and Voices columnist—about why we need more collaboration in our churches.
** Disguise: Essays by readers ([link removed])
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Our latest “Readers Write“ is on the word DISGUISE. With support from the Frederick Buechner Center.
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