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Trans Inclusion in the Church: What Christians Need to Know

Reading Time: 5 minutes — Illustrated Ministry — November 14, 2025 1 Comment

A church sanctuary with soft rainbow and pastel lighting along the walls and a colorful stained-glass window at the front, symbolizing LGBTQIA+ inclusion in Christian spaces.

As anti-trans rhetoric and laws increase in the United States, Christian churches face a moral choice: to remain silent or to affirm the sacred worth of all people. For those committed to following Jesus’ example of love and justice, supporting trans people is not just a political act—it’s a theological one.

The Will to Dream: Practicing Prophetic Advocacy This Advent

Reading Time: 3 minutes — Illustrated Ministry — November 4, 2025 Leave a Comment

People holding candles during an evening worship service, symbolizing communal hope and prophetic advocacy during Advent.

Equip your congregation to practice prophetic imagination this Advent with The Will to Dream. Download our free “Advocacy for All” bulletin inserts and explore small but mighty ways to live out faith-based advocacy.

From Prophetic Hope to Prophetic Resistance: Imagining God’s Kin(g)dom from Advent to Easter

Reading Time: 4 minutes — Illustrated Ministry — October 20, 2025 Leave a Comment

Flat lay photo showing Walter Brueggemann’s book “The Prophetic Imagination” beside Illustrated Ministry’s “The Will to Dream” Advent resource pages, a candle, and greenery on a wooden table. Text on the image reads: “See beyond the way things are and dream with God about what could be. Churchwide resources for Advent and Lent.”

Each year, the church walks a familiar path from Advent’s longing to Easter’s joy. But what if we saw this journey not as a straight line of triumph, but as a living cycle of grief, resistance, and imagination?

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