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Reservoir Living

jodihook June 30, 2026
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…
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Mastery and Mystery

Lyndi Lee Markus June 10, 2026
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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When Differences Pull Us Apart

February 6, 2024
 I can’t help but notice that a spirit of argument and polarization seems to have taken over our world. Maybe it feels collectively harder to handle conflict because we’re tired…
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Cheating is Wrong… Isn’t It?

Tammy Murden February 6, 2024
SEEK TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE BEING UNDERSTOOD  The first thing most missionaries learn is the mantra, “Different isn’t wrong, it’s just different.”  In situations where we don’t understand others’ actions, it…
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Don’t Question the Expert

Jo Newell February 6, 2024
For as far back as I can recall, being right has been important to me. You might say it has formed a significant part of my identity. I can remember…
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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…
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Position Mixtapes

Lyndi Lee Markus July 24, 2023
How do we know what we know? How do we determine our position, or what we believe, on various issues? We all combine different sources of knowledge in different ways,…
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What I Said and How I Said It

Kenneth Robertson July 24, 2023
“Pastor, I don’t know what to think. A loving God can’t possibly think this about me, can He?” The voice on the recording belonged to a young woman who described…
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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…
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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…
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Teamwork According to Ants

Aimee Hodges January 13, 2023
Go to the ant, you sluggard;  consider its ways and be wise!  It has no commander,  no overseer or ruler,  yet it stores its provisions in summer  and gathers its…
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