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Essay

The Peculiar Prerequisite for Spiritual Direction

Published October, 2018 • Featured October 31, 2018

In his spir­i­tu­al direc­tion work at pris­ons, Josh Ban­ner sees Jesus in the inmates because they are ​“bro­ken, open, hum­ble, and will­ing” — qual­i­ties we all need to cre­ate a holy open­ness to God.

Article

Hope for the American Church

Featured November 8, 2017

We share a let­ter from Joshua Ban­ner​where he describes his grow­ing con­vic­tion to stand against racism and ​“the indus­tri­al prison sys­tem,” how spir­i­tu­al trans­for­ma­tion is key, and how his recent con­ver­sa­tion with Chris Hall has chal­lenged him not to lose hope in the Church to com­bat social crises.