By Eileen R. Campbell-Reed I have been a lightning rod in a church conflict. That is how my first congregational call to ministry ended. And I’ve been embroiled in many other church disagreements and dramas. Church change and conflict are inevitable and even a normal and healthy part of community life. You probably heard this before, but when you’re in the middle of it, it’s hard to believe anything good can come from the stress and anxiety of being entangled in disagreem

Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed When my research partner, Christian Scharen wrote the Learning Pastoral Imagination grant in 2007–08, he was...

When Debbie received a call to serve a church on the Iron Range for her internship, she got a lot more and a lot less than she bargained...