by Rose Madrid Swetman, DMin | Dec 2, 2025 | Advent, Blog, Growth, Justice
“A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices…” — O Holy Night Every year, the familiar sounds of O Holy Night echo back into our churches, our living rooms, our kitchens. And each year, that line, “the weary world rejoices,” resonates with me. It feels especially true...
by Beth Alford, MA in Theology & Culture | Nov 26, 2025 | Advent, Blog, Growth, Justice
The first Sunday of Advent traditionally focuses on hope. We light candles in the darkness, wait expectantly, and trust that God will make all things right.. Yet, I confess to feeling uneasy when I think back to all those years lighting the hope candle within the...
by The Center for Transforming Engagement | Dec 10, 2024 | Leaders, Blog
By now, we’ve all heard about the negative physical and mental health impacts of chronic stress and the importance of having a healthy work-life balance. But sometimes, burnout can creep up on us so gradually – through increasingly demanding workloads, long working...
by Andrea Sielaff, MA | Jan 17, 2024 | Blog, Clergy, Leaders
Social constraint is the perception that other people don’t want to hear about your life and problems. It’s the thing that makes you decide not to give a real answer when someone asks how you are doing. It’s the thing that makes you swallow your own hurt or stifle...
by Joel Kiekintveld, PhD, MA | Dec 9, 2022 | Blog
In 1935 the United States Forest Service (USFS) instituted a policy called the “10 a.m. policy.” Already using fire suppression as the way of dealing with devastating wildfires for two decades, the 10 a.m. policy was instituted in response to particularly bad fire...
by Tim Soerens, MDiv | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog
If you cross the river from Georgetown in Seattle and find yourself in need of a cup of coffee, you’d probably find your way to Resistencia Coffee, a little shop I have the joy of co-owning with my wife and a few neighbors. If you get a cup of coffee and decide you’d...