Reflect, Don’t Ruminate: 10 Journaling Prompts to Help You Flourish
1996. That’s when Brad, one of the exemplary leaders we interviewed for our research, began journaling.
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Rest Recap
Over the summer, we’ve written several articles to help us think about our relationship with rest, sabbath, and play.
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Rest, Sabbath, and Play: A Rule of Life for Marketplace Leaders
In 2020, while the world was reeling from the pandemic, I was embarking on a new journey. For 2 1/2 years I committed to quarterly three-day spiritual retreats within a transforming community.
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Three Ways to Meaningfully Waste Time
Have you ever considered intentionally wasting time? I know. It sounds like, well, a waste of time. But hear me out.
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Leading Through Anxiety
In an age where change is constant, and anxiety is on the rise, we need leaders who are awake to what’s going on, and able to hold space for people when things are uncertain.
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Work, Rest, and Play
My mother’s family was from northern Germany. And I spent some of my childhood in the city of Hamburg located in the northernmost part of the country.
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Play, Imagination, and Creative Work
Walter, a seminarian, had just finished preaching his senior sermon in chapel—a hallowed, traditional, and ornate space governed by the spoken, and often unspoken, rules of propriety and decorum.
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The Types of Rest We Need
I don’t know about you, but when I think of rest, my brain starts conjuring up images of my weighted blanket, a cabin in the woods, a rocking chair on a screened-in porch, and the beach.
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Love is Not a “To-Do” List
I love a to-do list. How about you? Do you use the latest and greatest app on your phone? Are you one of those productivity geniuses who can keep it all in their head?
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Five Ways (Plus One) to Manage Stress
Chronic stress. It feels inescapable. The demands of life, work, and leadership seem relentless, practically snuffing out any room for margin.
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Reassessing Our Relationship with Work and Rest
The other night, when the sky was dark and all was quiet in the house, and when I was fast asleep, I found myself startled awake by the abrupt opening of my bedroom door.
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Resources for Rest
Growing up in Southern California, I never ached for summer the way I do since moving to the Pacific Northwest. The cloudy and cold winters leave my body, mind, and perhaps even my soul longing for the warmth of sunny summer days.
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One Job AI Can’t Replace
AI is coming for us–or at least that’s what the headlines want us to think.
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Resurrection Stories Part 4
Almost two years ago I resigned from my full-time church ministry staff position after an internal battle between wanting to stay and knowing with confidence it was time to go.
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Resurrection Stories Part 3
I have been a widow since 2015 when my dearest, beloved husband of over forty-four years unexpectedly passed after a triple bypass surgery.
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