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Dying to Live: A Reflection on Rising
Next week we will observe Holy Week and step once again into the movement from death to resurrection, from the death of Good Friday and...
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Spiritual Warfare, Part Three
This week on the Allender Center Podcast, Dr. Dan Allender is joined once again by his friend and colleague Rachael Clinton, Assistant Director of Program...
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The Wrong Jeans
Our styles of relating are formed and informed by the messages we internalize through our stories of harm and abuse. Here, Laura Wade Shirley, Participant...
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Training Small Group Leaders
Dr. Dan Allender talks about his tremendous appreciation for people who serve the Church by leading small groups. What is harmed in relationship can best...
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Training Pastors to Care for the Stories of Others
The hardest work in the world is being a pastor, one who encounters the trauma and deep pain of others day in and day out....
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The Mission of the Allender Center
Dr. Dan Allender talks about the mission of The Allender Center, which trains people to engage their stories of trauma and abuse in the context...
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Therapy for the Therapist
Dr. Dan Allender talks about why The Seattle School is one of the few counseling programs that requires students to engage their own stories of...
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The Work of My Life: A Story Workshop Experience
The Allender Center’s core belief is that we are best known—and our stories best seen—in the company of others. One of our signature expressions of...
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