Ten of the writers we publish are on Substack right now, and between them they cover much of what a thoughtful Christian is trying to figure out on a given week. Here’s an overview.
Scripture and Theology
David F. Watson is President of Asbury Theological Seminary. He has the prowess to be an impenetrable academic but instead chooses to write about theology, current events, the Bible and the church with a clarity that assumes you are both busy and intelligent, which you are.
More Like Jesus by me, Len Wilson, a slow walk through the Gospel of Mark, scene by scene, in the company of the people who followed Jesus first. Mark’s gospel is a roadmap of discipleship and a masterclass on what it means to be formed into Jesus’ likeness. Twelve seasons, three posts a week, free to read.
If you lead a church
Church turnaround is Roger Ross’ day job, and his weekly Thrive post is where that experience gets written down. He is candid about why congregations choose decline and generous about what it takes to choose otherwise.
Jules Glanzer writes for anyone carrying responsibility for other people. Every post works the same question from a new angle: how would Jesus lead if he were standing where you stand?
Rosario Picardo has planted churches, taught in seminary classrooms, and served in the armed forces, and all of it shows up in how he writes about ministry. Practical, unpretentious, and short on the sort of theory that has never seen contact with an actual congregation.
Several hundred conversations with ministry leaders have gone into Tony Miltenberger’s leadership Follow 2 Lead, and he coaches many of them for a living. Discipleship and leadership come as one subject here, which is how most pastors experience them anyway.
If the interior life is where you’re working
Sarah Thomas Baldwin’s Deeper Life are like reflective letters that arrive with a cup of morning coffee on the weekend — steady and unhurried. On Thursdays she turns toward leadership and culture with the same care.
Theology and psychology run together at Mark Chironna’s Deep Wells, which is where most of us actually live. He goes after what sits underneath the behavior: old patterns, unexamined stories, the parts of a life that resist a sermon.
If you have one eye on Jesus and the other on culture
I put Leonard Sweet here, but he defies categorization. Expect metaphor, Bible study, commentary on current events, etymology, and a wow factor to every post.
David Swisher writes for pastors who know technology is not going away and want something better than hype or panic. His title, tektōn, is the Greek word for Jesus’ trade — an artisan, a builder, someone who worked with the tools of his day.
One more thing
I’ve recommended all ten from this page, which means when you subscribe to any of them, Substack will show you the others. That’s the point. This porch is not the destination.
More names are coming as more of our authors start writing here. If you’re an Invite author and you’re not on this list yet, send me your link.