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We Wrap Up 1 Year of Substack Seminary

The Parable of Airbnb and the Episcopal Church

Reimagining ministry is overwhelming! Why is there still so much 'stuff'?

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What does a Cage Free Minister do all day? - Substack Seminary Conversation

What Does a Cage Free Minister Do All Day?

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How Do We Change People’s Mind & Practices?

How do we form people we may never meet?

How does community actually form?

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Joining is easy. Belonging is harder.

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Networking as Part of Ministry

Coffee with Coaches: Augustine and unexamined rules

Who's in your network? And do they know what you're doing?

Can ‘Cage Free’ Ministry be truly sustainable?

Ask Father Cathie, Trexo, Substack Seminary

Substack Seminary - Here's the technology we use for our ministry

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Can I provide pastoral care to former parishioners?

4 tech tools I’m using in ministry right now

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What Might God Do Through You?

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Coffee with Coaches: Back to basics with Benedict

He spent 40 years in a cave - and it helped him love people!

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What do we lose when we lose a church building?

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What Do Our Actions Say About What We Believe?

‘No one can say ‘Lord, Jesus’ except in the Holy Spirit’

What is your organization actually designed to produce?

Congregations, it’s time to spend your money

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Everyone Has a Rule of Life - From “YOLO” to “TEXAS FOREVER” - What’s Ours?

We become what we practice

Why - and *how* - you should move your ‘website’ to your Substack publication

‘The infinite grace that radiates from lives transformed by the kingdom of God’

Where's the Good Stuff this week?

The heart is high when it is with God and low when it is with cares.

What is the end of the journey?

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‘Boundaries are what makes real relationship possible’

‘Your obstacle is not persecution - it’s distraction’

People want to know how to get in

'All are welcome' is a lie

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'It's like bringing your boyfriend to meet your parents'

'Don't confuse 'solitary' with 'alone'

What are you actually welcoming people into?

What does a Cage Free Minister look like?

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Messengers and Matchmakers for God

'The institutional church is collapsing and we're not sure what to do'

Is your ministry about doing—or being?

It's still ministry, it just tastes better

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Substack Seminary Q3 starts Monday!

Doing Less with Less

What makes this work so hard is why this space exists

Why Viability Matters More Than Growth Right Now

Sometimes the Faithful Thing Is to Stop

When Churches Refuse to Talk About the End

You Can’t Imagine the Future Alone

When Your Calling Outgrows Your Community

Why new work rarely gets funded

What’s in a name?

You can’t speak to everyone

What transformation are you actually aiming for?

Why sharing your ministry feels so hard

Sustainability isn’t the same thing as faithfulness

What does “thriving” actually look like?

What Substack Seminary means to me

Substack Seminary Archive

Is AI a tool for love?

Wisdom from a Free Range Priest

‘What if we did this together?’

'We can start something new, but we need to stay connected'

You're not weird - you're early

Bodily Prayer: Troubleshooting

Bodily Prayer: how to practice

Bodily Prayer: Biblical foundation

Bodily Prayer: where the Practice comes from

Bodily Prayer: why it matters today

'Let us kneel before the Lord'

Please say the wrong thing

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The Jesus Prayer: Troubleshooting

The Jesus Prayer: how to practice

The Jesus Prayer: Biblical foundation

The Jesus Prayer: where the Practice comes from

The Jesus Prayer: why it matters today

Pray 100 times a day

Hearts up! Troubleshooting

Hearts up! How to Practice

Hearts up! Biblical foundation

Hearts up! Where the Practice comes from

Hearts up! Why it matters today

The Trexo story

Trexo Workout/Rule of Life

Coffee with Coaches Archive

Lift up your hearts

What if you could train your soul?

Mid-year 'Good Stuff' roundup (part 3)

Mid-year 'Good Stuff' roundup (part 2)

Your church will not be here in 2031

Mid-year 'Good Stuff' roundup (part 1)

How church is 'stuck'

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The over-functioner's theme song

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'Cage Free' Ministry just tastes better

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Me, Steve Martin, and the Future of Church

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Should I take a $2,500 annul stipend for a chaplain job?

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The Pope said 'use AI for Love'

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Why you should make Substack your church website

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AI is a gift to the church

Book: Cage Free Rubrics

Substack Help

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Can we be friends with our parishioners?

Why using today's tech is not optional for ministry

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No one is looking at your static church website

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Your ideal ‘congregant’: Q2, Week 2 Substack Seminary

My digital conversion

Ditch Your Church Website

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The real reason you can't change the bulletin.

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"How do I get them to change" is not the question to ask.

Start Here

Holy Week Good Stuff

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How my ministry became 'Cage Free'

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Digital Ministry Friends

The Future of Church Is Smaller (and Online)

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It's faithful to believe in the death of the church

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We can't talk about ministry without talking about money

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This work is never finished

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A small town church with a huge heart for the Gospel

Are you hungry for closeness with God?

This is what you can do to help the church

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The 'How are you networked?' Chat

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The 'Where's the Good Stuff?' Chat

Your church will not be here in 2031

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The 'How are people deepening their faith lives?' Chat

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The 'What's the best part of your tradition?' Chat

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The 'Organization *and* Innovation' Chat

The $135 million church building no one can use

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The 'Children and Youth' Ministry' Chat