Dustin D. Benac
dustindbenac.bsky.social
Dustin D. Benac
@dustindbenac.bsky.social
Professor | Educator | Author | Father | Husband | Friend

Bending imagination toward hope through institutions, belonging, and ordinary practice.
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find other #writers!

I’m delighted to announce a new book, Pathways to Belonging, co-edited with Erin Weber-Johnson & Glen Bell w/ a foreword from Willie James Jennings.

#Belonging is the air we breathe, we need it to survive.

Pre-order: wipfandstock.com/979838520332...
Delighted to see this collaborative and contextually-centered Certificate is now open for enrollment at @Baylor!

Come explore #belonging, #leadership, #mentalhealth, & #churchinnovation.

news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
Baylor Launches Future Church Leadership Certificate
news.web.baylor.edu
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Here are just a few of the sights from new faculty orientation at Baylor University as I transition into an expanded role.

It’s a great joy and honor to continue the work I’ve been doing in an expanded role this fall alongside more than 100 new faculty!
August 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Grateful to see these words finding their way into the world!
I thought I would breeze through this book, but within a few pages knew I needed to slow down and spend time with each chapter, contribution, and invitation to pay attention to community- both present and possible.
Thank you, Glen Bell, @dustindbenac.bsky.social, and @erinweber-johnson.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Until next time, Vancouver.

I’ve now spent half of my life traveling to and from the Pacific Northwest and Cascadia for various reasons. What began as an itch to ask a different type of question about #PostChristendom has become a space meaningful connections and hope.
April 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We open #PathwaysToBelonging by talking about how belonging is an invitation to reality. Belonging is not simply a feeling, or a sense; it is a reality we all need. It is also a reality we have the opportunity to foster and offer in our lives and in our communities.
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Pathways to Belonging is out in the world! Do you have your copy? We'd love to see it! Post a picture in the comments and spread the joy!

If you haven't picked up a copy yet, copies are available at Wipf and Stock Publishers, Amazon, or your local bookstore. (My favorite is Red Balloon Bookshop!)
April 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Dr. Willie James Jennings offers a beautiful foreword to Pathways to Belonging, co-edited with Erin Weber Johnson & Glen Bell. His words are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Here and elsewhere, his writing invites all of us to participate in God’s ongoing work of making and remaking our sense of belonging.

Check it out!
April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There’s been a growing conversation about two threads: 1) Bonhoeffer’s life, work, and witness and 2) our shared longing for belonging.

I tried to pull these threads together a few years ago in a reflection, and I share it for those who may have an interest.

pres-outlook.org/2023/04/bonh...
Bonhoeffer and the structure of belonging - The Presbyterian Outlook
Dustin Benac explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s question that haunts us all: where do I belong?
pres-outlook.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Delighted to share it is PUBLICATION day for this book!

In a time when belonging is called into question and we all long to belong, Pathways to Belonging is an invitation to imagine and embody another way, exploring the promise and peril of Christian belonging.
April 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m looking forward to joining the Centre for Missional Leadership for a conversation about #friendship and #loneliness in ministry.

If you are in the Vancouver area, please join us!
April 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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New book Pathways to Belonging. #buildingcommunity grateful to Editors Glen Bell, Dustin Benac, and Erin Weber-Johnson for pulling this book together. wipfandstock.com/979838520332...
March 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sharing my fist post to
find other #writers!

I’m delighted to announce a new book, Pathways to Belonging, co-edited with Erin Weber-Johnson & Glen Bell w/ a foreword from Willie James Jennings.

#Belonging is the air we breathe, we need it to survive.

Pre-order: wipfandstock.com/979838520332...
March 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM