April 2, 2022 | Train - Develop

Glorious Eggs and Toast: How Embodied Spirituality Counteracts Trauma

Stacia Littlefield April 2, 2022 No Comments

After working through a layer of trauma in my story, I distinctly remember being ridiculously excited about eggs in the morning. Somehow, the prospect of being able to wake up…

Postures and Progression of the Gospel: Reflections through Art and Race

cacpro April 2, 2022 No Comments

During my sabbatical in 2020, my friend Robin (Klapheke) Jones excitedly asked me if I had any ideas stirring for the painting I now had time, space, and motivation to…

Embodied Spirituality: Giving Up Prayer for Lent

Stacia Littlefield April 2, 2022 No Comments

Back in college, I often lay awake late into the night, mentally scrolling through my ever-increasing prayer list. Sometimes I would drift into sleep, only to jerk awake at two…

Hospitality for the Life of the World

Jody Byrkett April 2, 2022 No Comments

God's hospitality floods the pages of Scripture, and our embodiment of His Word enables us to join Him in bringing healing to people's lives.

Does Fit = Faithful?

Lyndi Lee Markus April 2, 2022 No Comments

Revealing a false equation that results in disordered thinking, eating, and emotional attachments as we swap the balanced, kind care of our God-given bodies for the pursuit of cultural constructs…

The “Wow” of Spiritual Sexuality

Paula Rinehart April 2, 2022 No Comments

I never set out to write on sexuality, God knows. But so many women in their twenties wept in my counseling office (and I, with them) about sexual experiences they…

A Whole Lotta VUCA

Marie Hatch April 2, 2022 No Comments

In the mid-80s, the Army War College developed a term to describe the global environment at the end of the Cold War. I use it in our household to describe…

Eight Hours of Sleep

Marie Hatch April 2, 2022 No Comments

A colonel I knew said that when he was deployed to Afghanistan as a battalion commander, he made sure to get the best sleep of anyone in his unit. That…

Presence: Face to Face

David Molascon April 2, 2022 No Comments

I survived two years as an EDGEr, an overseas mission trip to Norway, and most of my dating relationship with my now-wife, Heather—all without a cell phone. Shocking, right? What…

Strength in Masculinity

Jason Johnston April 2, 2022 No Comments

On Halloween, my kids excitedly put on their costumes to run house to house for their annual candy-induced sugar high. My four-year-old son wore a full knight costume, complete with…

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