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 Andrea Sielaff, MA | Nov 8, 2024 | Nonprofit, Stories
For nonprofit leaders, adapting to changing conditions is about keeping the core mission of the organization on track while trying new strategies. Adaptive Leadership: A Case Study This kind of leadership requires adaptive capacity, defined as “the ability to adapt to...
by Rachel Sanchez | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Stories
I burned my hand while cooking. It was a stupid, split-second mistake with painful consequences. I needed to move a pan that was sitting on the stove – a pan I cook with regularly. However, in my rush, I forgot that tonight, I had put that whole pan into the oven to...
by Bergman, MA, MDiv | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Stories
My journey with purpose has been fraught with fits and starts and loads of apparently meaningless lulls in between. I was born and raised in Texas and my worldview was highly influenced by the predominantly white southern Baptist church that taught me about Jesus and...
by Steve Wolff | Mar 10, 2022 | Blog, Stories
My all-time favorite movie line comes from the Western Five Card Stud. Dean Martin is out demonstrating his six-gun prowess to Inga Stevens, shooting bottles off the corral rails, when up rides Bob Mitchum as “The Preacher.” Mitchum asks to give it a try, so Dean...
