Money and Your Ministry online course, with Israel Galindo
by Israel Galindo (Guest post today by Israel Galindo, my co-teacher for the Columbia Theological…
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Last summer I picked up a copy of Thomas Merton’s little book, Praying the Psalms,…
Continue ReadingA Few Things Church Leaders Can Learn from Vaclav Havel
I came across an article about Vaclav Havel in The Economist. I was particularly struck…
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