“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?” Is 43:19 By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director and Senior...
A Season of New Beginnings
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Posts by Mary Frances
Which Way is Start?
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director The FaithX team is at the Episcopal Parish Network meeting in Kansas City this week. We will be leading a...
Welcome to MissionMaps for Faith Communities
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director In 2016, FaithX founder Ken Howard connected with a fellow data geek and together they dreamed of all that...
In 2025, We Resolve….
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director and Consultant It’s almost that time of year again. No, I don’t want to fast forward over Christmas just to...
No Church is an Island
by Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Recently my husband and I watched the new documentary about Paul Simon and his decades of incredible...
The Power of Process: Vitality Improvement Program 2.0
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Process: a set of steps or actions taken to achieve a particular outcome or objective One of the...
Separation of Church and State?
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Missional Consultant I have to admit that I was pleased and surprised to walk into a church in the upper Midwest last...
Who is My Neighbor?
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Every four years my husband and I spend two weeks out of the summer doing what we call “our...
