FaithX Blog
Happy Easter and Chag Pesach Sameach (Happy Passover) from your friends at FaithX
“A Prayer for Peace” By Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (translated by Rabbi Deborah Silver) May it be Your will, Holy One, our God, our ancestors’ God,...
StoryMaps Moved Long Island Forward in Transforming Structural Racism
By Claire Woodley Canon for Congregational Support in the Diocese of Long Island (retired) As Canon for Congregational Support in the Diocese of...
A Blast from the Past for Today? (or “Why I do this Work”)
By Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Missional Consultant It’s St. Patrick’s Day-week, and March 17 gives me pause. I’m grateful for the opportunity to...
Why I Do This Work
By Ken Howard Founder and President From time to time, someone will ask me, “Why do you do this work?” And my response is almost always, “It’s a...
Why My Call Led Me to Help the Church Change
By Mary C. Frances, Executive Director I recently met a pastor in my new community. In the course of our conversation, we found out that we had some...
“What are you willing to do anyway?”
By Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Missional Consultant A few years ago, I was sitting with a group of area clergy after a long day of conference...
Risking It All: A Tale of Two Congregations
By Ken Howard Founder and President In our early days of consulting with congregations and dioceses on issues of congregational vitality and...
Holy Disruption: Why Your Church Needs to Take Risks to Thrive
For decades, the Church has prioritized preservation over mission. We have maintained buildings, protected budgets, and clung to familiar programs. But preservation is not the Gospel call. The Gospel is a call to resurrection—and resurrection requires, to put it bluntly, death. In today’s rapidly shifting cultural landscape, churches that are unwilling to take risks are not playing it safe; they are slowly dying. Conversely, churches that embrace holy disruption are discovering vitality they never imagined possible.
