Self-care is different from self-comfort
Modern understandings of self-care often focus on temporary fixes, not long-term wholeness, says a psychologist.
Modern understandings of self-care often focus on temporary fixes, not long-term wholeness, says a psychologist.
We need to take time to understand and embody the principles of resistance, says the author of a new book.
From self-care to relationships with similar others, there are off-the-bike lessons to be learned from Peloton instructors, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Caregivers must be able to recognize the image of God within themselves in order to care for it within others, says the author of a recent book.
As we resume connection, our fears ease and contemplation becomes possible, a priest and a psychologist write.
A practice to promote well-being offers the possibility of joy despite brokenness, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
A supportive space for pastors where they don’t have to explain their work can be key in preventing isolation in ministry.
The last two years have deepened our experience with grief. As we move into the season of Lent, a pastor and assistant professor asks what has been learned.
In their new book of devotions, Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie of the Everything Happens Initiative offer brief reflections, resonant prayers and actionable next steps for those who want off the path of relentless individual perfectionism.
Our notions of God are inevitably colored by our wounds and constrained by the limits of what we imagine to be possible. It’s so easy to mistake the flood of self-rejecting voices for God’s voice.