Ten Top Articles from 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we’ve been looking back over our year of Mosaic posts, and we want to re-share some of them with you. A few of these are among our most-read posts of the year—including the one that got THE most clicks of all—but taken as a whole, they represent the breadth of our authors and their topics. We’ve organized them according to a few topics that may be relevant for you, and we hope that re-visiting these posts (or reading them for the first time!) will continue to invigorate your thinking as you serve and lead in God’s kingdom.
Challenges in Leadership
It’s Complex!
Carson E. Reed
The reality for most of us in congregational or ministerial contexts is that things are not just complicated – they are complex.
Most Church Leaders Aren’t Made for This Moment, but Help Is Nearby
Jason Locke
If church leadership is centralized within a small cadre of people who may think alike, they may find it difficult to operate in shifting domains.
Everyday Ministry
Made for Ministry
Courtney Eby
God created us with these various skills in order to bring glory to Him in unique ways. So everything we do, we must do with a ministry mindset. Everything we do gives evidence for God. Everything we do gives glory to God.
Serving with Love
Anessa Westbrook
Tabitha obviously served with love, and that love was sensed by those who were beneficiaries. She lived out her faith in a tangible way that blessed others.
Facing Difficulties
When It Gets Tough
Steven Brice
Over the years, I have realized that there are certain things that I need to remember and reflect on during this journey of vision, leadership, and missional engagement.
Top 10 for Getting Through It
Amanda Box
I set out to write a top 10 for getting over it but quickly realized that such a list might inadvertently trivialize deep wounds.
Walking While Grieving
David Kneip
My challenge that day was complicated: keep walking uphill while fighting the wind and trying to find the next trail marker amidst the fog.
Resting in God
The Attitude of the Heart
Phil McKinney II
I want to share with you how to become more available and aware of God’s presence in your life through his Spirit. It’s like connecting to a network where you need to know the password.
Shhh…
Beth Ann Fisher
In stillness and silence, the gut string chord of striving relaxes to the ringing philharmonic of divine sufficiency; it is enough.
THE Most-Clicked POST of 2022
Ministers in Short Supply
Carson E. Reed
I believe that resilient congregations, pursuing God’s purposes in the world, will find healthy and constructive ways to prepare, support, nurture and partner with ministers in the days to come.
