Jesus still hangs out with sinners -- and poets, too

Dominique D. Gilliard: Mass incarceration is antithetical to the gospel

The church is called to stand against the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the United States, says a pastor and author of "Rethinking Incarceration" in an interview. > Read more

Episode 4: Gideon Tsang on taking risks, failing and starting again In this episode of "Can These Bones," co-host Laura Everett talks with Gideon Tsang, pastor and teacher at Vox Veniae in Austin, Texas, about the challenges of a new church plant. > Listen and read more

Alaina Kleinbeck: Christian accountability in a #MeToo world Members of the media industry have shared their stories and demanded an end to systems that perpetuate sexual assault and harassment. The church has secrets, too, and must change, writes the director of Duke Youth Academy. > Read more

Scott Benhase: 'Done and Left Undone: Grace in the Meantime of Ministry' In his new book, an Episcopal bishop offers an alternative approach to pastoral leadership, rooted in a deep knowledge of self and the Benedictine values of stability, obedience and conversion. > Read more

Jane Webb Childress: Jesus still hangs out with sinners -- and poets, too Her college poetry teacher was the last person she ever expected to have an encounter with the risen Christ, a writer says. But a book of his poems published 20 years after his death suggests otherwise. > Read more

L. Roger Owens: Leading without agendas

A professor of spirituality and ministry discovers that trust grows when leaders notice and release their own agendas.

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