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“Diversity is not the end, it’s the means”: Follow-Up from 2018 Better Together Conference

“Diversity is not the end, it’s the means”: Follow-Up from 2018 Better Together Conference

It’s hard to believe that #VineyardBetterTogether2018 was just a couple of weeks ago!  Nearly 400 people gathered in Evanston for the second Vineyard USA conference on race, diversity, and reconciliation. Geno Olison, conference organizer and pastor of South Suburban Vineyard in Chicago, set the tone 

The Cross and Lynching Tree – A Conversation with Ramón Mayo

The Cross and Lynching Tree – A Conversation with Ramón Mayo

In this podcast, VJN talks with Ramón Mayo about the key themes and theological principles in James Cone’s “Cross and the Lynching Tree.” How does Cone help us to discover a new way of looking at the cross in America, especially today? How does the 

Watch: Webinar on Calling, Discernment, and Work

Watch: Webinar on Calling, Discernment, and Work

webinar on calling, discernment, and work HOW TO DISCERN YOUR CALLING AND NOT QUIT YOUR DAY JOB “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” — Frederick Buechner Does it feel like you were made 

VJN Recommends: Slow Kingdom Coming, Kent Annan

VJN Recommends: Slow Kingdom Coming, Kent Annan

In the face of a world groaning for peace, advertisements bombard us with promises of quick-fixes and opportunities for “Insta-activism.” For many of us within the VJN community who have humbly sought to participate in God’s work of loving mercy and doing justice, we know 

VJN 2017 Main Sessions are here! Re-live “Seeking the Peace of our Cities”

VJN 2017 Main Sessions are here! Re-live “Seeking the Peace of our Cities”

“Lord, have mercy on us, who are sinners.” VJN 2017 was a powerful and rich time of “ironing sharpening iron”: VJN members from all across the country (and Canada and the UK) gathered at Yakima Vineyard in Washington to dive into conversations on the liturgies