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Unraveling

Rebekah Cornelius January 5, 2026

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

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

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

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…

Mile Markers of Spiritual Formation

Glenn Balsis April 29, 2025

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…

Dangit, Jo!

Lyndi Lee Markus April 29, 2025

By Lyndi Lee Markus, TDC - “Dangit, Jo!” I exclaimed to my spiritual director. Except I did not use the word dangit. I had come to our session discouraged to…

The Light of Christ

Amanda Torres April 29, 2025

By Amanda Torres, Collegiate - As she struck a match to light the candle for our spiritual direction session, I heard my director say the familiar words she opens with…

What I Wish I’d Known About Anxiety

Trevor Holder June 22, 2023

For years, and I’m ashamed of this, I was the guy in the room thinking, “Oh man, not another emotional staff mess to deal with.” I was 38 years old…

The Unexpected Companion

Kirk Lauckner April 28, 2023

I will never forget my first meeting with the psychiatrist. His office was in a mental health hospital, and it was straight out of a movie… complete with a creaky…

Unflappable: Flying by Faith in the Face of Fear

Deb Proctor April 28, 2023

“You’re so unflappable,” people tell me sometimes. And I laugh. Every time I choose to use my voice to say something that’s hard, I always have a level of anxiety…

Anxiety: An Invitation to Slow Down

Francis Juloya April 28, 2023

“Parang malalim yata ang iniisip mo?” (English: “Looks like you’re thinking about something deep.”) As a child, my anxiety was perceived as deep thinking. When anxiety takes hold of me,…

A New Song

Kirk Lauckner April 13, 2023

“How’s your health, Caitlin?” This was a simple question from a caring Navigator staff woman, as we caught up during a wedding weekend in 2009. Suddenly, the room spun and…

Worry Proven to be Highly Effective

Brad Hillman April 12, 2023

A scientific study has revealed the significant effectiveness of worry and anxiety. It turns out that over 95 percent of the thing we worry about never occur! 🙂 In spite…

Anxiety

Janet Lewis April 12, 2023

Worry. It’s in our nature. We worry about our bills, our kids, our kids’ friends. We worry about our kids’ lack of friends. If we don’t worry, our friends say,…