Brian Allain

From “The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action” by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson When your rational certainty breaks down – as of course it will – give attention to where your soul, the integrated center of your being, wanders. Where are you drawn? What do you long for? What gives you joy? What captures your

From “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma” by Ellen Corcella I learned that when we are attentive, when we are fully present as one human being to another, God is present through us, God uses us to be his hands and feet in the world when we sit with despairing mothers

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From “Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice” By Terrence Lester, PhD When I finally realized how trauma and poverty in my own life were so indelibly linked, I broke down in tears, but it also became the step toward healing that I needed. What if we created a world where more people

From “How AI Changes Your Customers: The Marketing Guide to Humanity’s Next Chapter” by Mark Schaefer So how does a brand make it onto an AI’s shortlist? Andy Crestodina, the founder of Orbit Studios, is on the cutting edge of strategies to influence the AI algorithms. He contends that traditional content marketing works, but with

From “World of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading” by Jeff Crosby “I believe reading is worship,” Byron Borger boldly writes in an essay on reading. “God tells us that we are called to love Him with all our minds. So the mandate to use our mind is not just for intellectuals or scholarly types or

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From “Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons” by Frederick Buechner Do not misunderstand me about moralists. The ecclesiastical body to which I am answerable as a minister would, I am sure, take a rather dim view of it if I were to say, “Down with moralists!” But as a matter of fact that

From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby  Saudade – A vague and constant desire for something that does not and possibly cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning toward the past or toward the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness

From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill The novelist Vinita Hampton Wright talked to me about the seasons of her life and the leadings that accompanied them. During her twenties, she experienced a strong leading to do mission work outside the United States. “That desire was confirmed,” she said, “by