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Leading with Love: Ministry Lessons from Hospital Chaplaincy

Years ago, before my ordination to the diaconate, I chose hospital chaplaincy as my call to servant ministry. Specifically, I …

What if Advent were less about which songs to sing which weeks and more about using our resources to ensure that all people are …

These days in a world of ongoing communal crises, I find myself asking different questions of my own spirituality as well as our …

Hello, Building Faith readers! With a new liturgical year already underway and a new calendar year approaching, I’d like to share …

"Chalking the Door" is a short liturgy for marking our homes with sacred symbols and asking God's blessing upon those who live, …

’Tis the season for gift-giving guides and black Friday sales that started a month ago. As active disciples in faith communities, …

I (Jodi) have a confession to make: I don’t like Christmas pageants. It's not just the significant planning that they can require. …

Editor's Note: This article is in a forthcoming issue of VTS Magazine. Some of its content is also published on the Forma website. …

It inevitably happens a few times a year. A priest gets up to tackle a healing text or a passage full of demons, and now they are …

The seasons of the church year are great teachers in prayer. Each shows us a distinctive array of imagery, symbols, stories, and …