Summer Hospitality, Part One
Dan and Becky Allender dive into the dynamics of hospitality and what it means to be a good guest or host. As we visit the homes of others, how can we enter their world with gratitude, humility, and delight?
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Father’s Day: A Day for Honor and Honesty
Jay Stringer writes about the crucial connection between honesty and honor, reminding us that to truly honor our fathers—and ourselves—we must be honest about their impact on our lives.
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Dance With Me
Robyn Whitaker writes about how the movement of Sabbath is inviting her to dance, to reclaim the delight, intimacy, and embodied freedom that trauma sought to destroy.
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Summer Reading: Just Mercy
Dan shares his second recommendation for essential summer reading: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, a book that shines light into some of the darkest realities of our nation’s systems of racism and injustice.
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Summer Reading: Survivor Café
This week, Dan kicks off our Summer Reading series with a recommendation for Survivor Café by Elizabeth Rosner, a vivid look at the impact of generational trauma and the ways we tell the stories we have no language for.
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Chasing Eden: The Search for Secure Attachment
Paul Quinlivan writes about the impact of early attachment experiences, and about his hope that a moment of misattunement does not have to be end of the story.
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A Theology of Abuse with Dr. Chelle Stearns, Part Two
Dan continues his conversation with Dr. Chelle Stearns, a violinist and Associate Professor of Theology at The Seattle School, about her work toward developing a theology of trauma and abuse.
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A Brave Lament
In this excerpt from A Brave Lament, Andrew Bauman writes about learning to welcome and tend to grief after the tragic loss of his son.
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