Gardening Lessons by Becky Allender Today, Becky Allender reflects on learning to garden in the Pacific Northwest and the invasive root of bitterness, which so easily chokes out joy and... Read
Able to Love, Willing to Grieve, Part Two by Cathy Loerzel Last week, Cathy Loerzel, Executive Director of The Allender Center, wrote about the before and after of childbirth, reflecting on the emotional impact her newborn... Read
Able to Love, Willing to Grieve by Cathy Loerzel For the next two weeks, Cathy Loerzel, Executive Director of The Allender Center, will write about the before and after of childbirth—a difficult, life-changing process... Read
Shame and the Cross—Dan Allender at Mars Hill by The Allender Center “We as individuals and a culture have learned that shame is too dangerous to get near. It evokes too much when we hear someone even... Read
I Am Not Finished by Becky Allender Today, Becky Allender reflects on the pain that comes with looking at our stories and grieving the joy that is lost as it is interrupted... Read
The Scarcity or Abundance of Singleness by Abby Wong-Heffter This post continues a series about scarcity and abundance by Abby Wong-Heffter, a member of The Allender Center Teaching Staff. In the first part, Abby... Read
Dan at Ecclesia Church: Our God of Many Names by The Allender Center We visited Ecclesia Church in Houston for a To Be Told conference last weekend, and Dan was invited to share the message for the weekend... Read
The Hope of Boredom by Becky Allender Once a week, my yoga teacher begins class with a short talk about what she is learning. Poetry books, magazine articles, and her family all... Read
Favor is an Asthmatic Riding Pacific Waves by Dan Allender Dan has been getting some traveling in while on his academic sabbatical from teaching at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, so we thought... Read
Scarcity by Abby Wong-Heffter The orphan, widow, or stranger who lives in scarcity is often scrappy. She binds her wounds of betrayal, powerlessness, and loneliness with her vigilance, wit,... Read
