TMC Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Adam Borneman speak with Heather Brown about crafting spaces for storytelling, the importance and challenge of connecting our stories of faith with Jesus, and why genuine can be better than slick.

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TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, and Beth Daniel continue their conversation on certainty, delving into the connections between my story, the story of the community, and God's story.

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TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, and Beth Daniel speak about Ryan Burge's recent post on faith and uncertainty, the give and take between apologetics and relationships, and the importance of remembering that God is durable.

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TMC Staff Adam Mixon and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue a conversation with the Rev. Carla Jones Brown (Oxford Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia) about what it is that gives life; the connection between creativity, hope, and resurrection; and the importance of the "great cloud of witnesses".

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TMC Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Mixon, and Mark Ramsey speak with the Rev. Carla Jones Brown (Oxford Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia) about the toxicity of nostalgia, the difference between change and loss, and how the church is uniquely positioned to bring healing to our pained times.

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TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, and Mark Ramsey speak about the critical importance of context, the powerful fear of loss, and the persistent joys and good news of ministry.

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TMC Program Staff Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, Beth Daniel, and Mark Ramsey speak about the importance of thinking God-sized thoughts; the critical role of contextual exegesis; and what the Church can learn from Fannie Lou Hamer, Karl Barth, and Reinhold Niebuhr.

Read Mark's blog post, "The Choice of Faithfulness Today".

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TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Adam Borneman, and Beth Daniel speak about the latest data from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, the pull between formation and consumerism, and the need for collaboration.

Listen to the recent conversation with Scott Thuma and Allison Norton.

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TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Mark Ramsey, and Beth Daniel speak about the promises and pitfalls of digital technology for churches, its personal and communal impacts, and how the church is uniquely equipped for such a time as this.

Read Adam Borneman's blog post One Thing the Thief Wants to “Steal, Kill, and Destroy” in Every Congregation.

Read Adam Borneman's blog post Beautiful Constraints for Ministry: A Choice About Choices.

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TMC Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with the Rev. Dr. Reggie Blount (Oikos Institute for Social Impact, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about partnering with those outside church's doors, the importance of seeing social impact as an act of discipleship, and the critical difference between theologies of ownership and stewardship.

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