Unraveling
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 my expectations, joy, longing, desire, rootedness, and sense of being known. I’m left stunned. How did grief and loss become a central part of my […]
Eastering Our Marriage
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 of love and kingdom adventures together, my husband George’s eyes deadened. We’ll call it a midlife crisis—his discovery of pornography, and then serial unfaithfulness. Each […]
When Grief is Louder
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 find myself diving for the mute button on the remote. It’s off putting and intrusive. I didn’t ask for the commercial or the intense volume. […]
Image of a Suffering God
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 of constant health issues, I’d been unable to digest much food, and my core problem was still undiagnosed. I was 25, and my health was […]
Giving God Control
The State of My Soul By Kathy Redmond I attended TDC’s Soul Care for Leaders Workshop day at Glen Eyrie during the 2023 Leader Summit. To my surprise… the prompts nudged me deeply and transformatively. “Write your descriptive words for the state of a healthy soul and unhealthy soul.” Perfect. I can do this exercise […]