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02/21/2026

02/21/2026

08/08/2025

🌵 Desert Ecology: Adapting to a Post‑Everything World 🌍
What can the desert teach us about church in a time of change?

In this compelling Substack article, Abingdon Press author Michael Adam Beck shares how the resilience of desert ecosystems can inspire adaptive, sustainable ministry in today’s uncertain world. (Read now) https://open.substack.com/pub/passionalchurch/p/desert-ecology-adapting-to-a-post

Just like the desert’s deep-rooted plants and minimalist structures, churches can thrive by digging deeper and simplifying strategically.

02/25/2025

A new book by the director of Fresh Expressions for The United Methodist Church diagnoses humanity as suffering from deep loneliness. The Rev. Michael Adam Beck believes he has the cure.

01/22/2025

After several months of debate from local leaders and residents, including the support of two Marion County judges in charge of DUI court on Tuesday night, the Ocala City Council voted 3 to 1 to rezone a church's property in southeast Ocala to create a sober living facility for women on part of the....