Creative Ideas for Rural Churches #2: Pigskin Dinner
Hanging out in the pastor's office after preaching at our partner Thriving Rural Congregation at Hayesville First UMC, I noticed a football sitting on the shelf among all of the other church...
View ArticleThe Yeast is in the Dough
Jean Vanier is the founder of the L’Arche homes, where persons with developmental disabilities live in community with those of us who are disabled in other ways. Vanier’s book “Community and Growth” is...
View ArticleThe Gifts of the Small Church
Last fall, Jason Byassee, editor of the Call & Response blog on Faith & Leadership and a contributing editor for The Christian Century, joined us for one of Thriving Rural Communities’ Rural...
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Nate Hester: Mailbow
There is one thing that the country has over the city: the golf cart ride to the mailbox. There is one thing that the country has over the city: the golf cart ride to the mailbox.See us country folks,...
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Patrick Murphy: Communal Faith
What ever happened to “community” anyway? The earliest Christian circles certainly understood the value and camaraderie that comes with holding together a group of earnest disciples of Jesus...Acts...
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Jodi Lampley: Worshipping with Cowboys
If you are like me, odds are you’ve never heard of Cowboy Church. Just linking those two words bring to mind all sorts of images. What are you imagining? If you are like me, odds are you’ve never heard...
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