Anxiety Content

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…

Safe Spaces of Silence in Spiritual Direction

Luke Kleveland April 29, 2025

By Luke Kleveland, TDC - Before COVID, I would not have imagined doing spiritual direction with anyone. In fact, if you had asked me about this five years ago, I…

The Voice of Belovedness and Freedom

Rhoda Owuor September 23, 2024

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke…

The Beauty of the Gospel in the Matters of the Heart

Laura Johnson September 23, 2024

We see evidence all throughout Scripture that Jesus was deeply concerned with the matters of the heart. When we take a look at the life and ministry of Christ, we…

Embracing Gray Spaces

Lyndi Lee Markus February 6, 2024

“Did you know you have permission to be wrong?” my friend asked me gently. I was in the middle of a discernment process, and heaven seemed silent while anxiety tightened…

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…

Naming Our Fears, Reclaiming Our Hope

Dave Hutchins May 5, 2023

When I was a young father, my wife Cathy, and I moved from our settled hometown to our dream counseling graduate program in Denver. We felt thrilled and in the…

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,…