In this latest Pivot podcast, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm bring you inside the last eight months in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, what do the growing numbers of religious nones reveal about the Americans sitting just outside your church doors?
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Ryan Burge unpacks what the data say about polarization, identity, and the vanishing American church.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Verlon Fosner shares how dinner church creates a fundamentally different entry point for faith by recovering the ancient practice of gathering around Jesus' table.
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In this special Pivot Podcast Lenten reflection, the Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson invites us into four transformative Lenten practices for church leaders.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Andrew Root and Rev. Kara Root share what they learned about letting go.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm answer your real questions about the shift from clergy-led to lay-led ministry.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, John McGinley shares how they're equipping everyday disciples to plant new worshiping communities in gyms, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Beth Felker Jones explores why Protestant faith still matters in a moment when many are converting to Catholicism, embracing Orthodoxy, or deconstructing entirely.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Keith Bodner shares how a moment of panic in the pulpit led him to rediscover the confrontational power of Jesus' money parables.
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In this latest Pivot podcast, Pastor Brian Brown shares what it actually takes to build church unity across racial and cultural lines.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Rev. Dr. Steve Thomason offers church leaders something they rarely receive: a heartfelt thank you, permission to breathe, and a blessing that releases the burden of making everything perfect.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Paul Hoffman, author of AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep, joins hosts Terri Elton and Dwight Zscheile to offer a framework for discernment: How might artificial intelligence help or hinder human flourishing?
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Wes Granberg-Michaelson shares insights from five decades of church leadership about why tending your inner life is essential for sustainable ministry.
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In this special Thanksgiving episode, Luther Seminary professor Dr. Lois Malcolm offers a powerful seven-minute blessing that reframes what gratitude and thanksgiving really mean.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile and Rev. Ed Olsworth-Peter explore church plant leadership skills that begin with deep listening to the Spirit and to the neighborhood—not blueprints or programs.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Kristina Frugé shares insights from her work with hundreds of young adults and from the new book "Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults."
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Cody Sanders—Associate Professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership at Luther Seminary and author of Spiritual Care First Aid—shares how churches can become communities of healing and hope.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Dr. Christian Smith explores why religion feels outdated in modern culture, citing shifts in family, institutions, and technology as key causes.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Scott and Timothy share how the Nebraska Synod of the ELCA is helping churches move from fixing institutional decline to discerning God's movement in their neighborhoods.
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