by Kate Rae Davis, EdD, MDiv | Jun 19, 2025 | Preaching, Research
Across the Cascadia bioregion – from coastal towns to urban centers and even to digital gathering spaces – something sacred is happening in our midst. In a culture when Christianity no longer occupies the center square, it would be easy to imagine that...
by Kate Rae Davis, EdD, MDiv | May 30, 2025 | Research, Resilience, Stories
In Fall 2024 and again in Spring 2025, Kate Rae Davis walked the famed Camino de Santiago as she faced a very personal journey with burnout. This series of pilgrimage paths attracts nearly 500,000 people each year who walk at least 100 km (62 miles), with many walking...
by Kate Rae Davis, EdD, MDiv | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Clergy
Pastors, and all other types of Clergy are not immune to human problems We are early in the new year, both in the calendar and liturgically. With Epiphany, we conclude the Christmas season in which we celebrated the birth of Jesus, the arrival of Emmanuel, the...
by Kate Rae Davis, EdD, MDiv | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Resilience
This is what we get wrong about resilience and wellbeing: it’s not just about individual behaviors and practices. It has much, much more to do with what we call place — the context, culture, and environment in which we live and work and have our being. In the shared...
by Kate Rae Davis, EdD, MDiv | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Resilience
If you’ve been following The Center for Transforming Engagement, you’ve likely heard mention of the three streams of resilience: people, practice, and purpose. Each are a necessary component of resilience; no one is sufficient on its own. This article is part two of a...
