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  Voices: School chaplain law sneaks in partisan ploy

  Retired Texas prison chaplain Michael Maness raises questions about the school chaplain law and the organization behind it.

  02/07/2024 - By Michael Maness

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  Voices: Mental health care needed for small town ministry

  Small town ministry comes with its own set of challenges. Accessible mental health care can help ministers and their families face them.

  01/30/2024 - By Joe and Ruth Cook

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  Voices: Leadership in the age of AI

  Joshua Longmire explores some benefits and challenges of AI for leadership and recommends basic guiding principles.

  01/29/2024 - By Joshua Longmire

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  Voices: Ministry in a fractious and fearful world

  How can pastors lead people who feel they are under existential threat and the stakes in this year’s elections could not be any higher?

  01/23/2024 - By Wade Berry / B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary

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  Voices: Spiritual formation is part of the Great Commission

  “The calling of every Christian person is to become more fully conformed and united to Christ.” This is what spiritual formation is about.

  01/22/2024 - By Ben Simpson

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  Voices: Pastoring people who embrace conspiracy theories, part 2

  Pastors more frequently face the question, “How do I pastor someone who embraces conspiracy theories?” Ross Shelton offers guiding principles.

  01/15/2024 - By Ross Shelton

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  Voices: Developing a sense of calling matters for the church

  God calls all Christians—individually and together as churches—to ministry. Baylor’s Soundings Project is helping churches discover calling.

  01/11/2024 - By Nathan Hays and Darin Davis / Baylor University

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  Voices: Moral leadership matters for the presidency

  Joshua Longmire exhorts Christians to consider moral leadership and their moral responsibility when selecting a presidential candidate.

  01/09/2024 - By Joshua Longmire

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  Voices: Pastoring people who embrace conspiracy theories, part 1

  Pastors more frequently face the question, “How do I pastor someone who embraces conspiracy theories?” Ross Shelton offers guiding principles.

  01/08/2024 - By Ross Shelton

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  Voices: Who ministers to the ministers?

  Hunter Brown reminds us ministers need ministry, too. He shares how other ministers and his congregations have ministered to him.

  01/02/2024 - By Hunter Brown

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  Voices: Joseph: An unsung hero of the Christmas story

  Joseph is much more than a background character in the Christmas story, Joshua Sharp contends. Jesus’ earthly father is vital to the story.

  12/19/2023 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: God’s call to get well and help others

  Following God’s call often means working through our own problems. Ruth and Joe Cook offer encouragement to do just that.

  12/19/2023 - By Ruth & Joe Cook