Chris Brown: Processing My Heart for Christmas

Chris Brown: Processing My Heart for Christmas

Recently as I was at my first “in person” Nextgen conference, I was there to just be. I had not gotten permission to do that in a long time. As I was listening to some of the speakers, I was taking in so much. I was learning and processing. At one point both the...
Nancy W.: Don’t Take Away Nothing

Nancy W.: Don’t Take Away Nothing

The conference ended, as I knew it would, on Friday night with hugs all around and tears shared with new friends and old, not wanting to leave the precious gathering of sojourners who stopped for a mere week of respite. NGLC 2021, a time to drink deep from the well of...
Kim Olachea: When Jesus Shows Up

Kim Olachea: When Jesus Shows Up

My husband had been to Israel several times, leading group tours. It was my first time. In addition to my fear of flying, I  was afraid that I would not have the life changing experience others seemed to have had. What if it didn’t happen for me? Each day brought new...
Shevi Sloane: Resist the Exist

Shevi Sloane: Resist the Exist

Howard Hughes was a talent larger than life.  An inventor in his teenage years.  A movie producer and aeronautical engineer in his twenties and thirties.  And, a billionaire tycoon in his fifties.   He produced some of the most famous movies of the twenties and...
Virgil Tanner: The Individual and the Ecosystem

Virgil Tanner: The Individual and the Ecosystem

Learning to be wise…when the tension is to divide Always, there are two things to be mindful of: the individual and the environment. Naivete leads us to see one over the other. Wisdom hard-won sees them as inextricably linked. As I watch American news feeds from the...