what I've learned from working with my mentors

Ken Evers-Hood: The church needs a poetic imagination Poet David Whyte teaches "conversational leadership" as a framework that helps organizations bring soul back into the workplace and more effectively navigate change, writes a Presbyterian pastor. > Read more

Nathan Kirkpatrick: What is the ministry we need from a judicatory today? Judicatories help us remember and uphold the common good, facilitate collaboration and learning, leverage economies of scale, and model a faithful response to change, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. > Read more

Rhonda Mawhood Lee: Bless all the beasts, rats included Despite their reputation, rats -- at least the domesticated variety -- are warm, empathetic companions who challenge the lines we draw between "lovable" and "unworthy," says an Episcopal priest. Remember them and other unpopular pets this St. Francis Day. > Read more

Timothy Larsen: Why I'm fascinated by faithfulness Reading contemporary fiction, with its obsession with infidelity, got a Wheaton professor thinking about why he finds faithfulness far more interesting. > Read more

A. Trevor Sutton: Here's what I've learned from working with my mentors

Yes, it would be fun to be trained by Yoda on the planet Dagobah. But it's the less eccentric elements of humility, vulnerability, honesty and wisdom that make for a fruitful mentoring relationship, writes a young pastor.

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