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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…

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…

How Spiritual Direction Has Changed Me and My Ministry

Jin Rood April 29, 2025

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…

With Me on My Journey

Jo Newell April 29, 2025

By Jo Newell, TDC God walked so faithfully and kindly with me in the year following our only son Nathaniel’s death. He met me often through people, almost daily in…

Building Below the Waterline

Howard Baker September 23, 2024

When surveying the landscape and mining the data around what is happening to people in positions of mission and ministry leadership, several trends become apparent. Among them are: While social…

Black and White to Color: Rewiring My Brain for Intimacy

Dave Mead September 23, 2024

“I just wish you could connect with me better, and relate to me at a deeper level,” my wife said. It didn’t sound mad this time—but it was with heartbreaking…

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…

Riding the Waves of Transition

Serene Chua July 22, 2024

Transitions can be hard, especially those that aren’t expected. But even for the ones we long for, there are still lessons to learn, emotions to sort out and most of…

The Reality You Feared: Practical Steps for Making it Through

Austin Olinger July 22, 2024

I had been crying loudly for 15 minutes. My wife was laying peacefully and mostly non-responsive in bed next to me. Cancer had been taking her life for over a…

An Empty Place

Mark Rood July 22, 2024

With our belongings loaded onto a ship for the journey back to the U.S., I find myself sitting among the dust bunnies on the floor of our vacant Tokyo home,…

Transitions and Thresholds

Elizabeth Davies July 22, 2024

As soon as you hear the word transition or change, I’m sure a range of images, experiences, life stages, and emotions occur. As they signal the end of one thing…

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