Soul Care

Does it really matter whether we are optimists or pessimists? What can positive thinking really do? In today's Aging and Spirituality series video, Dr. Don Demaray explains how thinking positively can make an impact on your life.

What is your favorite television show? What makes it so entertaining? It's all in the story! Betsy Phillips gives us a sneak peek into the reality of a missionary's real life and true story, season after season.

The Beast of infertility—everyone's beast looks different. Elizabeth Pomeroy talks about her own infertility Beast and how it affects her life every day. But, there is hope. The Beast can be tamed.

In this video, Dr. Don Demaray talks lightheartedly about non-retirement, writing, needing people, and his new-found love of dogs. Follow our Soul Care Collective for more resources like this one.

What is your sacrificial act of worship? Leah Hartman shares one of her daily offerings and reveals how being mindful of your own weaknesses and attitude can become a form of worship. It's all about choices.

When we find ourselves in a mess, we cry out to God for help, but what we cry for is to be taken out of the mess and cleaned up. What if God wants to meet us in the middle of the mess? Margie Bryce suggests that the messes in life might just have a holy purpose.

Augustine famously said, "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless, until they can find rest in you." In today's Seven Minute Seminary video, Christopher West shares how God wants to heal all of our sexual brokenness by inviting us to find our deepest longings in Jesus Christ.

Suffering is part of being human, and God meets us in those darker places. In today's post, read an interview with musician and composer Russ Hitt, who decided to compose a Christmas album of lament for all those who find Christmas a difficult season to be in. Listen to samples and buy the album here.

Recovery ministry is an important work of the local church as it extends hope and grace to people who may need it most. In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Carolyn Moore shares three tips on how to move your local church to having recovery as an integral part of your local church's DNA and culture

Sometimes we all struggle in planning worship for one reason or another. Shannon Sigler shares how the artistic ones in your congregation can be an invaluable help when you are stuck.