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a sparrow sits on a bird feed in winter

Sustenance

On a winter morning, seeds are scattered, tea is poured, and patience becomes prayer. Barbara Chaapel offers a poem about the quiet truth that giving sustenance sustains us.

Cover for The Strategically Small Church

The Strategically Small Church

Brandon J. O’Brien reframes small-church ministry as a gift, urging leaders to move beyond numerical growth metrics toward community-rooted, sustainable measures of faithfulness, writes Jo Wiersema.

Your light was made to shine

Small churches aren’t inadequate, writes Teri McDowell Ott. When congregations trust their God-given gifts, they rediscover confidence and shine as Christ’s light.

Cover of Notes to John by Joan Didion.

Notes to John

Joan Didion's "Notes to John" is a helpful tool for pastors, chaplains and others initiating difficult conversations with families in crisis, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

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