Friends for the Journey Kathrin Gabriel-Jones , Encouragement Coach for Ministering to Ministers Foundation

Change happens during the course of our lives. Regardless of the form in which change appears along our road, there’s a certain time of upheaval followed (we hope) by a growing sense of comforting familiarity. Change is afoot in the world of the Ministering to Ministers Foundation! A new home, a renewed commitment, a renewing sense of a purpose in the world, all of this begins to unfold for Ministering to Ministers in the halls of the Center for Lifelong Learning in Columbia Theological...

If we’re lucky, we discover some friendly people along the path, some friends for our journey. Having those friends can provide a sense of calm to our waters, and we can experience the still deep waters of our lives settling into something familiar, something we begin to trust. Yet, even with our luck of having friends, we all experience upheaval in our lives, when those still, deep waters of our lives are broken by unexpected change, leaving us in the choppy waves of that wake lef...

2020 surprised the world, taking everyone completely off guard. The entire world became plunged into the wake of unexpected transition and upheaval. As 2021 dawned across the world, the upheaval of the pandemic continues. Yet the world, our world that still swims upstream against the upheaval of the pandemic and the unknown, remains united in confusion and the unknown. Throughout each of the conversations with Friends for the Journey, we’ve explored a lot of differ...

When unexpected change overtakes us, it’s sometimes difficult to tell what’s up and what’s down. After all, when things are happening fast, it’s hard to keep trackAfter the upheaval has ended, we’re left standing in the debris, still wondering how to go on. But you can. Even if you need to take a beat and take a breath before you take another step. Kathrin shares a gift of wisdom she received from a trusted mentor, which helped her take a beat and take a breath before taking anothe...

Promises made, promises kept: the foundations for friendship and heartfelt conversations. As promised, Roberta Damon and Kathrin sit down for a meandering dialogue through the forests of thought, feelings, and belief. Stories are shared, discoveries are made, and they encounter gratitude, generosity, and hope….oh my! Some links to share:Here’s a link to the movie, Pay It Forward Roberta’s Four Thoughts about Gratitude (and Generosity & Hope, but mainly Gratitude):1....

You’ve probably heard the phrase, Mind the Gap, at some point in your life. It’s most often associated with the London Underground trains to warn passengers about the space between the station platform and the train entrance. It’s a warning to ensure people don’t slip and fall into the space between the place where they were and the place where they are going to be. The events of the past year have been rolling around in my mind not because last year’s upheaval has ended, but because we’...