I love summer at Fuller. Summer at Fuller means way fewer meetings and more time for my research and writing. This past four days I’ve had even fewer meetings than a normal summer week. And thanks to the blank space …
As someone who cares about kids and a parent, I can’t stop thinking about this blog from Jim Wallis from Sojourners entitled “Your Calendar is a Moral Document”.
I hope it stretches and inspires you as it has me.…
So this morning I was walking my three year-old, Jessica, to her preschool and she asked me to stop and smell the flowers with her. Literally.
I wasn’t running late, but I was running right-on-time to get to Fuller. And …
Yesterday Mark Oestreicher from Youth Specialties posted a blog saying that among other things, he was ending his blog, closing his Facebook account, and cutting back on travel. The reason? He wanted to give more time to his family and …
Discernment is a word we hear more and more these days. Guidance was what we used to call it, and some still do. Whether we call it discernment or guidance, however, many of the authors agree that where we go …
This weekend I spoke at the Mother/Son Retreat at Forest Home. One of the many reasons I wanted to speak there was because I was able to bring our eight year-old son. Nathan and I had a PHENOMENAL time …
In the Powell family, we’re on a hiatus from kid sports. Soccer and basketball are done and we’re taking a break. Every night we’ve been home this week, we’ve been outside, riding bikes. Usually our neighbors and their kids join …
“Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. It seems to be part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble. Our suffering can become a spirituality of transformation …
Kara Powell interviews Cynthia Eriksson, a Fuller clinical psychology faculty member who specializes in trauma. Cynthia shares insights and strategies for working through pain and suffering, particularly considering the vicarious pain we experience in youth ministry.
Dr. Kara Powell interviews Dr. Jude Tiersma Watson and Kimberly Williams, researchers and creators of the Sabbath Rest in a 24/7 City ministry resource.
