Discernment

Discerning and Deciding

By Thomas Blair

This sermon based on Romans 12:1-3 was preached at Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore (MD) on July 26, 2009.

Study Guide for “Lord, Have Mercy: Praying for Justice with Conviction and Humility”

By Susan Forshey & Karen Meridith

Susan Forshey and Karen Meridith compiled this companion study guide for the book “Lord, Have Mercy: Praying for Justice with Conviction and Humility,” by Claire E. Wolfteich.

Nuns & Nones brings together religiously unaffiliated young adults and Catholic sisters

By Yonat Shimron

A six-month convent residency in California gave a group of millennials a window into communal living and discipline.

A prayer to begin the day

By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals

An ancient prayer helps today’s Christian leaders remember that God is already with us in our work, blessing, guiding and teaching us, writes a managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

Gretchen E. Ziegenhals: ‘Living prayer’ by praying with beads

By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals

Praying with beads provides a steady discipline — a shape and a frequency for a life of prayer — and a tangible tool that fixes our attention in a world of so many distractions, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.