Dec 2, 2025 | Inspiration
For two decades Americans have become more unhappy, more discontented, and more depressed than ever before. This is not just empty rhetoric; the research is clear. Suicide has gone up every year in nearly every state for the last two decades (“Suicide Rates on the...
Nov 28, 2025 | Personal Development
Sustainable Activism Includes Rest I’ve come to recognize I am an exponentially more kind, patient, and attentive person after I have had a good night’s sleep. With every thirty minutes of uninterrupted shuteye, I become a better listener and more attuned to the...
May 13, 2025 | Devotion, Editor's Pick
Years ago, a friend of mine led a conversational ESL class for immigrant women in her town. She covered all the things you need to know to get established in a foreign culture. Registering kids for school, medical care, routes. How to grocery shop and cook with...
Apr 8, 2025 | Creativity, Leadership, Pastor's Life
Creative destruction is an act of dying so something new might emerge (Joshua Hayden, Creative Destruction: Towards a Theology of Institutions, 6). But how do we know what needs to die? Understanding Creative Destruction in the Life of the Church Central to our faith...
Nov 12, 2024 | Leadership
All leaders have unknown or unacknowledged drivers that fuel behavior. Sometimes, we have attitudes, words, and actions detrimental to ourselves and those we lead. Our inner critic screams, “You’re not good enough.” Sometimes, we chastise ourselves for failing to see...
