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Reservoir Living

jodihook June 30, 2026 No Comments

My husband and I joined Navigators staff in 1989, and we’ve served with World Missions in Latin America for decades. When we returned to the U.S., I had a burning…

When Devotional Time Stops Being a Routine and Becomes a Relationship

Upfront Editor June 10, 2026 No Comments

ROY ROSALES AUBERT The Navigators | Aguascalientes, Mexico For years, I wanted to have a “real” devotional time—one that was neither born out of guilt nor rushed and squeezed in…

Wooden marionette puppet manipulated by strings over a white round table in a bright indoor room.

Mastery and Mystery

Lyndi Lee Markus June 10, 2026 No Comments

LYNDI LEE MARKUS Train – Develop – Care | Editor-in-Chief for Upfront To relinquish mastery is to relinquish control. Am I the only one challenged by the thought that my…

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…

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