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So our challenge is to cultivate patterns of discernment on how to adapt faithfully and creatively to them.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field field--name-related-articles field--type-entityreference field--label-hidden"> <article about="/serene-jones-i-did-not-anticipate-how-fast-change-would-come" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/serene-jones-i-did-not-anticipate-how-fast-change-would-come" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Serene Jones: I did not anticipate how fast change would come" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/serene-jones-i-did-not-anticipate-how-fast-change-would-come"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/serene2.jpg?itok=iKoRt370"/></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/education">Education</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/seminary">Seminary</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/institutional-leadership">Institutional leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/serene-jones-i-did-not-anticipate-how-fast-change-would-come">Serene Jones: I did not anticipate how fast change would come</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>The president of Union Theological Seminary reflects on her six years in office and the rapid pace of change both in her institution and in the church as a whole.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-most-recently-published-recently-published"> <h2 class="pane-title">Most Recently Published</h2> <div class="view view-most-recently-published view-id-most_recently_published view-display-id-recently_published view-dom-id-f32ef47a0345a15b55de78397877f9e2"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <article about="/samuel-rahberg-how-foster-healthier-year-ministry" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/samuel-rahberg-how-foster-healthier-year-ministry" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Samuel Rahberg: How to foster a healthier year in ministry" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/samuel-rahberg-how-foster-healthier-year-ministry"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/man-praying_tp.jpg?itok=hBuzL0-X" alt="Man praying"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p>Finding time for solitude with God<em> </em>is a cornerstone to a healthier year in ministry.<br/><em>Bigstock/marcelmooij</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/category/topics/health-well-being">Health & Well-being</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/spiritual-health">Spiritual health</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/samuel-rahberg-how-foster-healthier-year-ministry">Samuel Rahberg: How to foster a healthier year in ministry</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Two strategies -- seeking solitude with God and companionship in stewarding one’s vision -- will help good intentions become realities in the new year, writes a spiritual director.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <article about="/l-gregory-jones-self-sabotage-through-bureaucratic-thinking" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/l-gregory-jones-self-sabotage-through-bureaucratic-thinking" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="L. Gregory Jones: Self-sabotage through bureaucratic thinking" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/l-gregory-jones-self-sabotage-through-bureaucratic-thinking"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/simple-sabotage_tp.jpg?itok=CSD6zPzz" alt="Simple Sabotage book cover"/></a> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/management">Management</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/l-gregory-jones-self-sabotage-through-bureaucratic-thinking">L. Gregory Jones: Self-sabotage through bureaucratic thinking</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Storytelling, experimentation and improvisation are practices of traditioned innovation that move our institutions away from self-sabotage and toward flourishing, writes the theologian.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article about="/ken-evers-hood-case-good-enough-parenting-and-pastoring" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/ken-evers-hood-case-good-enough-parenting-and-pastoring" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Ken Evers-Hood: A case for good-enough parenting and pastoring" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/ken-evers-hood-case-good-enough-parenting-and-pastoring"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/lone-child-outside-a-city_tp.jpg?itok=9QSPO2HD" alt="Small boy walking alone in a field, city skyline in the distance"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p><em>Bigstock/Paha_L</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/category/topics/liturgical-seasons">Liturgical Seasons</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/advent">Advent</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christmas">Christmas</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/ken-evers-hood-case-good-enough-parenting-and-pastoring">Ken Evers-Hood: A case for good-enough parenting and pastoring</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Mary and Joseph lost Jesus amidst the Passover crowds. They tried their best but weren’t perfect, and I don’t have to be either, writes a pastor.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article about="/bill-george-leaders-must-develop-qualities-heart" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/bill-george-leaders-must-develop-qualities-heart" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Bill George: Leaders must develop the qualities of the heart" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/bill-george-leaders-must-develop-qualities-heart"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/Bill-George_tp.jpg?itok=qz7TICaj" alt="Bill George"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p>Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, teaches leadership at Harvard Business School and is the author of several books on developing authentic leadership.<br/><em>Photo courtesy of Harvard Business School Executive Education</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/bill-george-leaders-must-develop-qualities-heart">Bill George: Leaders must develop the qualities of the heart</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Authenticity is crucial to leadership in today’s volatile environment, the Harvard Business School professor and author says in an interview.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article about="/gregory-wolfe-art-theology-and-faith" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/gregory-wolfe-art-theology-and-faith" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Gregory Wolfe: Art, theology and faith" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/gregory-wolfe-art-theology-and-faith"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/gregory-wolfe_tp.jpg?itok=dfm_8aE5" alt="Gregory Wolfe"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p>Gregory Wolfe is a writer, teacher and editor and is the founder of Image journal, which focuses on faith and the arts.<br/><em>Photos courtesy of Gregory Wolfe</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/arts-culture">Arts & Culture</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/gregory-wolfe-art-theology-and-faith">Gregory Wolfe: Art, theology and faith</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>The founder and editor of Image journal talks about why it’s important for people of faith -- and those grappling with questions of faith -- to engage with art.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article about="/nathan-kirkpatrick-instincts-not-ideas" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/nathan-kirkpatrick-instincts-not-ideas" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Nathan Kirkpatrick: Instincts, not ideas" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/nathan-kirkpatrick-instincts-not-ideas"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/crystal-ball_tp.jpg?itok=Gr9jD1Wb" alt="Crystal ball"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p><em>Bigstock/Orla</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/nathan-kirkpatrick-instincts-not-ideas">Nathan Kirkpatrick: Instincts, not ideas</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>By attending to God through ongoing formation, practice and discernment, leaders can effectively navigate a world in which decisions must be made without complete information, writes a managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <article about="/michael-b-curry-christian-leaders-need-clarity-gospel-vision" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/michael-b-curry-christian-leaders-need-clarity-gospel-vision" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Michael B. 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Curry: Christian leaders need clarity of a gospel vision</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Evangelism, racial reconciliation and creating disciples of the “Jesus movement” are top priorities for the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <article about="/l-gregory-jones-yearning-soul" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/l-gregory-jones-yearning-soul" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="L. 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Gregory Jones: Yearning for soul</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>In a culture where technology is starving our souls, Christian institutions ought to be ready to focus on human flourishing, writes the theologian.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <article about="/krista-tippett-will-religious-institutions-rise-occasion" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article" class="node node--article node--mini-teaser node--article--mini-teaser node-article--with-image"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/krista-tippett-will-religious-institutions-rise-occasion" rel="bookmark"></a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Krista Tippett: Will religious institutions rise to the occasion?" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/krista-tippett-will-religious-institutions-rise-occasion"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160201092713im_/https://www.faithandleadership.com/sites/default/files/styles/fandlmedium/public/field/image/krista-tippett_tp.jpg?itok=KZuwDzUJ" alt="Krista Tippett"/></a><blockquote class="image-field-caption"> <p><em>Photos courtesy of On Being</em></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="field field--name-topics field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-hidden"> <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/arts-culture">Arts & Culture</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/society">Society</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/category/topics/vocation">Vocation</a>, <a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/topics/christian-leadership" class="active">Christian Leadership</a> </div> <h2><a href="/web/20160201092713/https://www.faithandleadership.com/krista-tippett-will-religious-institutions-rise-occasion">Krista Tippett: Will religious institutions rise to the occasion?</a></h2> <div class="field field--name-abstract field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"> <p>Young people today may be questioning the church, but they are doing so in a way that is faithful to the heart of the tradition. 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