Missio Alliance https://missioalliance.org/ Curating content and conversations around the most pressing needs of the church to foster meaningful change. Fri, 29 May 2026 19:49:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://missioalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-missio-alliance-fav-32x32.png Missio Alliance https://missioalliance.org/ 32 32 In the Fields of the Lord: Living with Dual Attention in Ministry https://missioalliance.org/in-the-fields-of-the-lord-living-with-dual-attention-in-ministry/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:12 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88455   It is 1999, and I am squatting down in a garden plot unlike any I have previously visited. The air is hot and dry. ... Read More

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]]> Be The Church Wherever You Are https://missioalliance.org/be-the-church-wherever-you-are/ Mon, 25 May 2026 13:00:46 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88447 On the streets of urban Bangalore, where I grew up, numerous small stores displayed makeshift signs advertising Xerox copies for as little as forty paisa ... Read More

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]]> Community Without Commitment Isn’t Really Community https://missioalliance.org/community-without-commitment-isnt-really-community/ Mon, 18 May 2026 13:00:37 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88453 Community Without Commitment Isn’t Really Community Phil Smith and Jill Heisey For several years, we’ve researched and written about loneliness and the longing Christians share ... Read More

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]]> Formed For Mission: The Truth of Pentecost https://missioalliance.org/formed-for-mission-the-truth-of-pentecost/ Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:49 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88442 In just a few weeks, we’ll observe Pentecost Sunday, and it will be worth pausing to let it mean something. We often think of Pentecost ... Read More

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]]> Until Christ Is Formed In You: A (Final) Letter to the Church https://missioalliance.org/until-christ-is-formed-in-you-a-final-letter-to-the-church/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:37 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88444 Pregnancy as a Framing Metaphor  “My dear children,  for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth  until Christ is formed in you”  (Paul, ... Read More

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]]> We Need Allies, Not Knights https://missioalliance.org/we-need-allies-not-knights/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:00:41 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88373 What could it look like for the church to develop more men into more effective allies to women? This question has animated my reading and ... Read More

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]]> Practicing Resurrection In Times Like These https://missioalliance.org/practicing-resurrection-in-times-like-these/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:42 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88331 A Brave Word “Christ is risen!” “He is risen indeed!” This familiar call and response liturgy is likely still ringing in our ears, echoing from ... Read More

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]]> Don’t Sleep; Don’t Even Think About It https://missioalliance.org/dont-sleep-dont-even-think-about-it/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:30:48 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88003 The whiplash of experiences in this blur of a cultural moment is such that we become numb to both its heights and depths. (One could ... Read More

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]]> What the Paschal Mystery Accomplished https://missioalliance.org/what-the-paschal-mystery-accomplished/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:57 +0000 “Blessed is He: A Sermon for Palm Sunday” Scripture Text: Matthew 21:1-11 Listen to the crowds as they shout: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed ... Read More

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]]> The Presence of God’s Justice https://missioalliance.org/the-presence-of-gods-justice/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:00:10 +0000 https://missioalliance.org/?p=88323 A few weeks ago, I spent time at the El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico border. Joined by colleagues from around the country who daily ... Read More

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