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Unraveling

Rebekah Cornelius January 5, 2026 No Comments

Rebekah Cornelius | Train – Develop – Care Tugging on one little thread can unravel the whole sweater—a visual that describes my relationship with grief and loss. Loss has unraveled…

Eastering Our Marriage

Judy Gomoll January 5, 2026 No Comments

Judy Gomoll | SHAW and Encore Act one Our Happy Marriage Dies In 2001, death and betrayal arrived to our family, leaving a slew of bleeding wounds behind. After decades…

When Grief is Louder

Osaze Murray January 5, 2026 No Comments

Osaze Murray | Train – Develop – Care Sometimes, in the middle of my favorite show, a commercial comes on louder than the show I tuned in on, and I…

Image of a Suffering God

Cassie Thornburg January 5, 2026 No Comments

Cassie Thornburg | World Missions I sat in another waiting room, wondering if the doctors would be able to figure out what was going on. During the last three months…

The Power of One Voice: Embracing Collective Prayer Practices

Jane Menning June 23, 2025 No Comments

Jane Menning City Director | Minneapolis and St. Paul A few years ago, Adam Johnson, our ISM leader in Minneapolis, invited our staff team to pray like many churches around…

Just Be: A Letter on Prayer to a Younger Me

Lyndi Lee Markus June 23, 2025 No Comments

Lyndi Markus Editor-in-Chief for UpFront Dear younger me, You’re newish to praying— a little green, a little naive, but so expectant— and I can still feel You put so much pressure…

God Changed My View of Prayer

Peggy Reynoso June 23, 2025 No Comments

Peggy Reynoso Train – Develop – Care I had a love-hate relationship with prayer. For most of my life, God spoke to me sporadically, usually in times of great need…

Practical Prayer

David Erickson June 23, 2025 No Comments

David Erickson World Missions Spending the past twenty-two years in a pioneering Muslim context has grown my prayer life. Reading the Word? Now, that’s easy and enjoyable. But praying? That’s…

How Spiritual Direction Has Changed Me and My Ministry

Jin Rood April 29, 2025 No Comments

By Jin Rood, World Missions - As my husband, Mark, and I were completing our final year overseas, discerning where God was leading us next, I felt drawn toward a…

Mile Markers of Spiritual Formation

Glenn Balsis April 29, 2025 No Comments

By Glenn Balsis, TDC - Often I gauge my highway travel by mile markers to help me understand where I am as I drive. For my spiritual journey, I’ve realized…

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