Uncomfortable Conversations: Explaining Death and God’s Eternal Presence to Children
Children are notorious for asking questions, all kinds of questions. Questions about where babies come from, questions about why things are the way they are, and questions about what happens when you die. None of these questions are easy, and
You have to feel it to heal it
An excerpt from “There's Beauty in Your Brokenness: 90 Devotions to Surrender Striving, Live Unburdened, and Find Your Worth in Christ” I’ve recently been walking through a long season of heartache. I lost two loved ones suddenly, within months of each
How to use your body language and micro expressions to show positivity
An excerpt from “Language That Leads: Communication Strategies that Inspire and Engage” Positivity is about being able to see the world as a place of expansion. When we are afraid or experiencing stress or anxiety, we see the world as contracting,
142: Attachment theory and finding joy with Captain Arwyn Rodriguera
Things are messy, right? That's life? So where is the joy? How do you find it? Captain Arwyn Rodriguera can show you the way. Arwyn Rodriguera is the Corps Officer and Executive Director of The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
Bearing joy for a world full of frantic anxiety
An excerpt of From Pandemic to Renewal: Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis Airplanes are a barometer of the national mood. My daughter is a flight attendant, and over the course of 2020, as Covid-19 battles, racial tensions, and election
How we interpret our experiences is more about the state of our hearts
An excerpt from “Stop Waiting for Permission: Harness Your Gifts, Find Your Purpose, and Unleash Your Personal Genius.” The founder of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, is thought to have said, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re
How to listen deeply and 3 ways to start
An excerpt from “The Connected Leader: 7 Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others.” Let me start with a story about how not to listen. When our son Matthew was eight, I traveled to London on business, accompanied by
Moving from ‘complaining victim’ to walking in freedom
An excerpt from “Hold That Thought: Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads.” Having lived in Southern California for over 35 years, I have grown accustomed to two types of weather: sunny and warm, and sunny and cold. We experience a
Are social disconnection and our experience of God linked?
Many of my early relational experiences left me feeling fundamentally defective in some sense. I wasn’t conscious of this feeling a lot of the time, but I developed a set of implicit beliefs about relationships and deep feelings about myself.
What am I being called to say and do?
An excerpt from “Your Calling Here and Now” Vocation is always particular; this person, at this time, and in this place. Vocation is never discerned in a historical vacuum; it is always in the specifics of the world in which we
Everyone can grow
The universally popular appeal of the concept of mentoring is a sign that there’s something about pursuing growth and development that is wired into us as humans. The Bible points to the fact that God expects every human to grow,
How The Salvation Army can use creative arts in trauma ministry
#LoveBeyondTrauma: An opportunity for the church to mitigate the pandemic’s collective trauma The pandemic, and what it’s left behind, challenged everyone in some way, author and speaker J. Scott McElroy said as he spoke to the ongoing trauma during the 2022