Alan Rudnick
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Brené Brown and Adam Grant say the best leaders do this. Mediocre managers do the opposite
Asking the right questions and being willing to listen, learn new information, and change your mind are important skills a leader can have.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity. www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity.
In 1972, fewer than 3% of Americans identified as nondenominational Christians. Now, it's up to 14%, or nearly 40 million people.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity. www.cbsnews.com/news/more-am...
U.S. faith levels plummet to lowest on record
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U.S. faith levels plummet to lowest on record
The U.S. is rapidly becoming more secular.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
U.S. faith levels plummet to lowest on record
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Meet chatbot Jesus: Churches tap AI to save souls — and time www.axios.com/2025/11/12/c... Ask it if the Eastern or Western Church got Trinitarian theology right.
Meet chatbot Jesus: How churches are using AI to save souls
Chatbots answer prayers and algorithms write sermons.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Meet chatbot Jesus: Churches tap AI to save souls — and time www.axios.com/2025/11/12/c... Ask it if the Eastern or Western Church got Trinitarian theology right.
Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows theconversation.com/violent-acts...
Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows
Tragedies like the Sept. 28, 2025, shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan are part of a longer pattern.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Most and least religious U.S. states www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Most and least religious U.S. states
Explore our interactive database to find how religious adults are in your state based on service attendance, prayer, belief in God, and importance of religion.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Clergy Age Trends Remain Relatively Stable in 2025 - Lewis Center for Church Leadership www.churchleadership.com/leading-idea...
Clergy Age Trends Remain Relatively Stable in 2025 - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
Lovett Weems describes the clergy age makeup of the United Methodist Church for 2025 and notes changes from prior years.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Clergy Age Trends Remain Relatively Stable in 2025 - Lewis Center for Church Leadership www.churchleadership.com/leading-idea...
Study: Gen Z Now Leads in Church Attendance www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/stud...
Study: Gen Z Now Leads in Church Attendance - Christianity Today
But American churchgoers average only two out of every five Sundays.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Churches Are a Rare Construction Bright Spot www.wsj.com/us-news/chur...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Study suggests online religious services may be less effective than in person religionnews.com/2025/08/20/s...
Study suggests online religious services may be less effective than in person
(RNS) — On average, people attending church in person had a higher heart rate during the service and experienced more transcendence, according to a recent study.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Despite 64% of Americans considering themselves Christians, 45% of those do not attend church, while 55% have attended within the last six months www.americanbible.org/news/press-r...
New Data Underscores Role of the Church in Fostering Faith Development -
New Data Underscores Role of the Church in Fostering Faith Development -
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August 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Despite 64% of Americans considering themselves Christians, 45% of those do not attend church, while 55% have attended within the last six months www.americanbible.org/news/press-r...
Gaza’s Christians Feed the Starving Across Faiths religionunplugged.com/news/2025/7/...
Gaza’s Christians Feed the Starving Across Faiths
“A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to…
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July 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w... "Many of the institutions and spaces where men used to organically make friends have eroded...houses of worship, civic groups and even the simple workplace."
Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’
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July 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w... "Many of the institutions and spaces where men used to organically make friends have eroded...houses of worship, civic groups and even the simple workplace."
Danny McBride sends a love letter to the South with 'The Righteous Gemstones' www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Danny McBride sends a love letter to the South with 'The Righteous Gemstones'
McBride, a Georgia native, has seen how Hollywood traffics in stereotypes about the American South. His HBO show satirizes televangelists without making religious people the butt of the joke.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Danny McBride sends a love letter to the South with 'The Righteous Gemstones' www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: We Must Arrest the Attention of the Nation buff.ly/DubSzzT
We Must Arrest the Attention of the Nation
After arrest at US Capitol, we have been released. We are OK, but all is not well.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A painting of a miracle that’s nothing less than a miracle
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Column | A painting of a miracle that’s nothing less than a miracle
Duccio’s “The Raising of Lazarus” is a storytelling masterpiece.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A painting of a miracle that’s nothing less than a miracle
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Seminary Enrollment is Up, but Some Big Seminaries are Stalled – MinistryWatch
Seminary Enrollment is Up, but Some Big Seminaries are Stalled – MinistryWatch
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March 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Seminary Enrollment is Up, but Some Big Seminaries are Stalled – MinistryWatch
Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth
Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth
Half of U.S. Protestant pastors say their churches are growing but some warning signs remain about their congregational future. U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that…
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March 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth
Most Americans believe a church should be “easily identifiable,”
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Americans Think Church Should Look Churchy - Christianity Today
People want traditional worship spaces, not modern, trendy buildings.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Most Americans believe a church should be “easily identifiable,”
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Half of churches seeing growth since COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: study
Half of churches seeing growth since COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: study
Around half of Protestant churches in the United States have experienced growth in worship service attendance since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent study
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March 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Half of churches seeing growth since COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: study
Studies show, "political conservatives profess greater love for their family, but less love for humanity as a whole (with political liberals showing the opposite pattern)." medium.com/@nicholaraih...
March 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Studies show, "political conservatives profess greater love for their family, but less love for humanity as a whole (with political liberals showing the opposite pattern)." medium.com/@nicholaraih...
This is what happens when you try to report a post to Facebook... nothing!
March 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is what happens when you try to report a post to Facebook... nothing!
'God walks with us through the ashes.' A poignant Ash Wednesday after LA wildfires
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'God walks with us through the ashes.' A poignant Ash Wednesday after LA wildfires