Seeking Peace Through Restorative Justice (guidebook + videos)

Seeking Peace Through Restorative Justice (guidebook + videos)

Restorative justice provides a structure for healing severed relationships between people and those who have hurt them through misconduct or crime. This collaborative, peacemaking approach enables the victim to respond to the offender in a way that best meets their needs and ability to move forward.

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Communidad Hispana (guidebook + videos)

Communidad Hispana (guidebook + videos)

Las iglesias hispanas con sus líderes están buscando una manera para renovar la visión para sus ministerios, tanto para el crecimiento personal como el de la comunidad, para que la cultura globalizada actual pueda ver la paz en ellos. Al desarrollar esta perspectiva, podremos ser pacificadores en nuestros contextos.

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Peacemaking Across the Muslim-Christian Divide (guidebook + videos)

Peacemaking Across the Muslim-Christian Divide (guidebook + videos)

Peace lies at the heart of both Muslim and Christian faiths, yet animosity and conflict often characterize the relationship between the two. This is due, in part, to misunderstandings and a lack of listening to the other, so dialogue across the religious divide is critical to making and sustaining peace.

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A Path to Peace for Churches of Christ (guidebook + videos)

A Path to Peace for Churches of Christ (guidebook + videos)

For the past generation, Churches of Christ have existed in a period of transition. Some suggest the movement is dying; others suggest the movement has run its course and should blend into the larger Evangelical world. Listen to forgotten voices from our past as they remind us of a vibrant and healthy way forward.

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Leading Through Conflict (guidebook + videos)

Leading Through Conflict (guidebook + videos)

We are wired to protect ourselves in conflict, so cultivating a peacemaker mindset is an act of discipline and love. Based on organizational and interpersonal conflict research, this pathway offers evidenced-based strategies for leaders as they engage critical issues while maintaining healthy relationships and a positive environment.

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Peacemaking on the Southern Border (guidebook + videos)

Peacemaking on the Southern Border (guidebook + videos)

Immigration is a ubiquitous, politicized phenomenon, sometimes resulting in the migrant becoming invisible, lost in a tug-of-war between the political left and right. Christians from the Texas borderland and heartland offer insightful and current perspectives that lead to new thoughts about immigration and shalom.

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Social Justice: What Is Home? (audio)

Social Justice: What Is Home? (audio)

For some of our neighbors, home is familiar and congenial, safe and loving. Yet for many, this is not the case. In this pathway, we consider how to participate in efforts bridging the gap between oppression and freedom, so that home is a safe, welcoming place. To assemble a just world, lovers of Jesus must come together and establish relationships in spite of, and through, the differences that make us beautiful.

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A Hope and a Future for Churches of Christ (audio)

A Hope and a Future for Churches of Christ (audio)

The data is disarming – Churches of Christ are in decline. But, like Doc Brown told Marty McFly, “Your future hasn’t been written yet.” Hear research from the front lines of revival and renewal among our churches and inspiring insights from the kingdom of God in a post-Christian world. Well-led congregations will help write our future.

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House Rules: Innovative Leadership in a Challenging World (audio)

House Rules: Innovative Leadership in a Challenging World (audio)

The importance of leadership can’t be overestimated. It is not too much of a reach to speak of the “spirituality” of leadership as it works its way into and through the changes, challenges and progress of our lives and organizations. Tapping into the wealth of experience shared by this lineup of leaders, and set against the background music of the Psalms, these sessions inspire, inform, and challenge anyone involved in or aspiring to positions of leadership.

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Faith Among Emerging Adults

Faith Among Emerging Adults

Are you curious about the faith journeys of young adults? Join us for a series of conversations featuring ministers, researchers, and students. Through this pathway, we consider factors shaping affiliation with faith, the experience of working with young adults in ministry contexts, and research into the spiritual lives of college freshmen. This pathway concludes with a collaborative look at young adults’ faith formation and race, hosted in partnership with the Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Joy pathway.

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The Psalms in the Church's Worship (audio)

The Psalms in the Church's Worship (audio)

The book of Psalms has provided rich resources for Jewish and Christian worship and ethical reflection for centuries. It still does. The speakers in this pathway draw on years of work as scholars and artists to explore the book’s many dimensions as a source for study, prayer, song, and art. As the church’s first song book, Psalms provides language and images for lament and praise, storytelling and the pursuit of wisdom. In short, it helps us be more fully human in our lives before God.

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Beyond Red and Blue: Political Engagement and Religious Freedom (audio)

Beyond Red and Blue: Political Engagement and Religious Freedom (audio)

This pathway explores the role of Christianity in contemporary American politics and the public policy process. It addresses questions faced by Christians who are troubled by the political polarization and coarseness of today’s American politics, and concerned about public policies that seem to conflict with religious expression. The destination of this pathway is more informed and responsible engagement in politics that is faithful to one’s Christian commitments and that ultimately fosters a healthy religious civil society.

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Enneagram Next Steps (audio)

Enneagram Next Steps (audio)

This pathway is for people who are looking for what’s next. With more in-depth and practical information, we discuss specific growth paths for each number. This will include understanding levels of health within your type, achieving balance with your centers of intelligence (thinking, feeling, and doing), and utilizing your stress and security arrows.

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