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The tragedies of the world provoke understandable rage. But focusing on existential gratitude and connection creates space for transformation, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Alaina Kleinbeck
A clinical psychologist, poet and professor reads the letters of Paul through a psychological lens and identifies keys to his resilience and positive religious coping — and how those strategies might help Christians today.
Link to author Luis Cruz-Villalobos
We live in a culture of exhaustion and sometimes don’t even know what type of rest we need.
Link to author Kerry McLeish
A walk by a stream prompts a writer and spiritual director to wonder: Could a fresh understanding of joy help restore us?
Link to author Samuel Rahberg
The verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial does not undo the accumulated horror people of color continue to absorb, writes an expert on faith and mental health.
Link to author Jessica Young Brown
Despair is an understandable response to the world around us, writes an author and independent scholar living with bipolar disorder. But she finds hope in her trust that God is with her through it all.
Link to author Jean Neely
The calls to work for justice and to make room for rest are significant and difficult to balance, writes a pastor and denominational executive from Michigan.
Link to author Eliza Cortés Bast
Physical labor and activity have been a boon to teens during the pandemic, leading a youth pastor to realize that the physical matters -- to us and to God.
Link to author Matt Overton
Those with severe mental health issues are often misunderstood by people of faith, but churches have a responsibility to listen to and see each person as a person, says a professor and author.
The toll of the last six months on clergy requires a sustained response, from the seminary and denominational levels as well as congregations, writes an expert on faith and mental health.
Link to author Jessica Young Brown
Pastors can benefit from adaptable, restorative practices, writes a leading researcher on well-being in the workplace.
Link to author Matt Bloom
