by Bud | Jan 18, 2026 | Leadership Development, Primal Resilience, Reasoning and Cognitive Clarity, Resilience, Spiritual Formation
You are standing in the hallway. Your hand is on the doorknob. Inside that room, a finance committee is waiting. Or maybe it’s a difficult staff member. Or perhaps it’s a family in crisis, sitting on the couches in your office, waiting for you to have the right words....
by Bud | Nov 27, 2025 | Leadership, Mental and Emotional Well-being, Ministry, Primal Resilience, Resilience, Spiritual Formation
We often think of gratitude as a garnish. It’s the sprig of parsley on the plate of life—a nice decoration for Thanksgiving dinner or a polite sentiment to include in a thank-you note. We treat it as something we do after the hard work is done, after the crisis is...