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...
by Ruthruff, DMin, MS | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog
One of the ways we can cultivate resilience as we engage with one another is to notice how we show up in our communities. Dr. Ron Ruthruff, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, shares his thoughts in a...
by Andrea Sielaff, MA | Jul 14, 2022 | Blog
When vocation intersects with calling—like church ministry—it can be difficult to step away and unplug. We often feel guilty for not being always available, for not pouring every waking moment into the work of ministry. Here, Andrea Sielaff, Program Evaluation Manager...
