New Year, New Intentions
I’ve never liked making New Year’s Resolutions. It’s probably because I’m terrible at keeping them.
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Giving Tuesday
In November, I traveled to four different cities to meet with folks across industries who are uniquely positioned to be agents of God’s redemption in the face of the world’s most pressing questions.
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Giving Thx: Four Ways to Show More Gratitude to Those We Lead
Let’s talk about Ty. Not the person. Rather the shortest and quickest possible way to tell someone Thank you.
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A Prayer for Election Season
May the words of this prayer be at the forefront of our minds as we enter the voting booth, engage in political conversations, and seek to love our neighbors.
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Found: How To Recover Our Sense of Calling
Have you ever lost your calling? In a previous article, Meryl Herr explored three reasons why we can lose our sense of calling. In this article, she offers a pathway for finding it.
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Lost: Three Reasons We Lose Our Sense of Calling
Have you ever lost your calling? It can be so unsettling and disorienting. This article explores three reasons why we can lose our sense of calling.
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What to Do When Work Disappoints
It’s not uncommon to experience disappointment at work. In fact, sometimes work can breaks our hearts. How can we handle the grief?
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Four Questions That Could Improve Your Mentoring Relationship
Here are four questions you could ask at your next mentoring meeting to evaluate and potentially improve your mentoring relationship.
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What To Do with Burnout
It’s then that we start talking about what’s really going on and just how hard work and life really are. Some talk about their bosses. Others want to quit. More and more use the B-word.
Burnout.
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Ongoing Mission and Transitions at De Pree Center
Wayne Park has become promoted to Chancellor of Fuller Texas! W. Ryan Gutierrez has joined us in the role of Program Specialist. Meryl Herr, our Senior Researcher, has transitioned from part-time to full-time work at De Pree Center.
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Giving Day – 2022
One of my favorite parts about my job as executive director of the Max De Pree Center is that people regularly invite me into…
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Addressing Our Collective Crisis of Calling: A Reflection on CityGate’s Spring Labs
Addressing Our Collective Crisis of Calling: A Reflection on CityGate’s Spring Labs Michaela O’Donnell and Lisa Slayton In January of 2022, Lisa Slayton called…
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Overcoming Our Fear of Mentoring
You could come alongside someone who’s trying to make sense of what’s going on in their life.
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The Compassionate Leader
It’s more in my nature to want to run from suffering than toward it. So, I know I need God to transform my heart so that I’m someone who’s not afraid of suffering, pain, and weakness.
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Balance is Great, but Not Work-Life Balance
These days, it’s pretty common to hear people mention “work-life balance.” They may not be practicing it, but they are talking about it. The…
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