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Embracing Important Uncomfortable Stuff
By Susan Anquist Last month I turned sixty. If my plans had fallen into place I would have been somewhere out there on pilgrimage in...
Companioning Center
Jun 27, 20203 min read
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Different Kinds of Mushrooms
By Katie Skurja “Is there any way for me to be confident that what I experienced was from God?” If, by being confident one means 100%...
Companioning Center
Jun 20, 20206 min read
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When the Human in Me Sees the Human in You
For the past four years, I’ve been fascinated with death. Not in a morbid, dark, or sinister way. But rather in a sociological,...
Darcy Hansen
Jun 13, 20204 min read
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The First Step Toward Change
By Dominic Abaria The world is broken. And so is my heart. News from across the country has highlighted the blatant systemic racism so...
Companioning Center
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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Waddling Together
By Jen Macnab Who is your tribe? How do you even begin to answer this question? Does it include your family? Colleagues? Political party?...
Companioning Center
May 29, 20203 min read
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Finding the Ordinary in the Loss of Normal
By Kathi Gatlin Stating we are in an unprecedented time is an understatement. How do we faithfully walk through a time like this? Do we...
Companioning Center
May 22, 20204 min read
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Finding Refuge from the Storm
By Katie Skurja “But the Bible clearly says…” The shift in the barometric pressure is palpable. There is a storm brewing and it threatens...
Companioning Center
May 12, 20205 min read
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Practicing Lament in the Time of the Corona Virus
Rediscovering Essential We are relearning what is essential in these strange times. Going to work, school, and gathering with friends...
Terra McDaniel
May 10, 20204 min read
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Pilgrimage Musings
By Susan Anquist Psalm 84:5 “Blessed are those who find their strength in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage”. Two years ago, while...
Companioning Center
May 3, 20204 min read
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Gratitude: Anxiety's Antidote
By Becky Grisell Just like that—the world changes. At breakneck speed, life has changed in unprecedented and unforeseen ways. Sickness,...
Companioning Center
Apr 25, 20203 min read
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Alone but not Lonely: A Solitude Toolbox
In a culture that rewards extroversion, being alone is often viewed negatively, but it is possible to be alone and not lonely.
Savoy Stevens
Apr 14, 20205 min read
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Easter Disguised
Best news about Easter is we do not have to be excited for it because it is walking alongside us regardless of how deep or shallow we feel.
Companioning Center
Apr 10, 20204 min read
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The Juxtaposition of Lament and Faith
By Susan Anquist I boldly say, we are in the midst of the greatest world-wide disorientation in our lifetime. The challenge and one of...
Companioning Center
Apr 6, 20203 min read
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Held in Good Hands
By Lenora Rousseau We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let...
Companioning Center
Mar 28, 20203 min read
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Freefall Into Unknowing
Maybe we all need holding more than words—presence more than questions or answers
Companioning Center
Mar 21, 20202 min read
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Fire, Water and Earth: A Reflection of the Truest Things we Know
By Lacy Finn Borgo There is an unmistakable clang that reverberates throughout the laundry room as million-year-old granite bits slam up...
Companioning Center
Mar 12, 20204 min read
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Instead
By Jen Macnab Right now, we find ourselves in the season of Lent. This 40-day stretch begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates with...
Companioning Center
Mar 5, 20204 min read
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Breath
By Becky Grisell “One day the Eternal God scooped dirt out of the ground, sculpted it into the shape we call human, breathed the breath...
Companioning Center
Feb 26, 20204 min read
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Diamond in the Rough
By Katie Skurja “See I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Twenty-six years ago, my husband and I had an opportunity to by a...
Companioning Center
Feb 20, 20205 min read
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Rituals of Renewal and Release
As a spiritual director, I get to spend time helping people of all ages and situations tune into their sense of God, the holy, and their...
Terra McDaniel
Feb 16, 20203 min read
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