There’s no right way to pray

Seminary helped me understand sacred activism; now I teach it to my high school students BY KHRISTI LAUREN ADAMS Formational listening tools help young people connect to their faith BY JOSH PACKARD

3 reasons I support public education as a pastor and parent BY SUZANNE PARKER MILLER

Political, prophetic and pastoral: The church’s response to miseducation BY KAREN CROZIER

‘Doing Well by Doing Good: The Missional Benefits of Church-Based Economic Enterprises’

By Brendan J. Barnicle

In his new book, a priest highlights the hopeful message churches can offer when they change their missional and financial models.

What happens when the pastor’s family isn’t perfect?

By Shaina Ciaccio

For ministers who carry private family pain, shame can be overwhelming. But our difficult lives might make us better clergy, writes a pastor and mother of a child with emotional and behavioral challenges.

What does community require of us?

By Angela Thorpe Mason

Throughout her life, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s writing, teaching and preaching made clear that true community demands the work of radical social transformation.

Beyond the offering plate: How to measure generosity in ways other than money

By Robert Rueda

When congregations reduce giving to a financial transaction, they ignore the generosity happening all around them in other forms, a pastor writes.

There’s no right way to pray

Q&A with L. Roger Owens and Mary Clare Owens

Father-daughter duo L. Roger and Mary Clare Owens have written “Praying Their Way: 24 Prayer Practices for Kids and the Adults Who Love Them,” a guide for parents on how to introduce the concept of prayer to their kids, and for kids on how to navigate their faith journey as obstacles occur.

A group of volunteers offers a faithful presence in San Diego’s immigration court

By Kate Morrissey

After an effort tied to World Refugee Day, a Catholic diocese organically grew a program for faithful people to be witnesses for immigrants.