When I was a kid, my mom snuck off to worship early on Friday mornings. And every month or so, it was her turn to bring muffins to share for breakfast afterward. I remember she always made sure to hav...

Today's video asks questions that aren't asked these days, but should be.

• Are the leadership learning needs of locally-raised clergy and seminary-trained clergy the same?
• Should they take the same
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We've all heard about shifting from a theology of scarcity to a theology of abundance. But this is not so much a theological shift as it is an adaptive challenge.

Here, Clara King unpacks the true im...

Adaptive leadership helps us understand that people don't actually resist change, they resist loss, and the fear of what will be lost.

The fears most commonly given as examples are fear of safety and...

We only use adaptive leadership when we have adaptive challenges that we're facing. So what if you don't have any adaptive challenges in your congregation?

Here, Clara King shares why it's likely you...

If we're going to be honest about what's not okay in the Church today, how do we stay hopeful?

Here, Clara King shares what keeps her hopeful even while dealing with high-conflict churches, dying den...

In lots of places in the Church, we have a problem with people behaving badly.

Here, Clara King talks about differentiating between people who are making a ruckus who need to be cared for and welcome...

Who does the New Testament set up for us as a model of Christian leadership? Is it Jesus? Is it perhaps Paul?

Here, Clara King argues that we're actually invited to be leaders like Peter.

• What lea
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We often think of adaptive challenges as obstacles that impede the progress of a church. But are they?

Here, Clara King talks about three large-scale adaptive challenges she's working on, and why the...

Thanks to Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm for inviting me to be a guest on Faith+Lead's Pivot Podcast at Luther Seminary!  

The episode is full of great stories of the possibilities (and ch...

I presented my first academic paper at the Academy of Religious Leadership last week.

The conference was on the theme of moving beyond clericalism into more empowering models of religious leade...

From Problem-Solving to Being the Body of Christ

 By Clara King

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This paper was presented at the Fall Gathering of Grantees from Trinity Chur...