by kandersen | Dec 2, 2024 | Christian Living
The Christmas season is a time to slow down, reflect, and prepare our hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. But with the busyness of the holidays, it’s easy to rush past the deeper meaning of Advent. What if this year, you could truly savor the season? By...
by kandersen | Nov 10, 2024 | Spiritual Burnout
Struggling with Burnout? Take the Free Quiz and Discover the Burnout Recovery Guide A week or so ago, I did something that completely reframed how I approach burnout. I carved a jack-o’-lantern. Lately, I’ve been in full-on crunch mode, pouring hours into...
by kandersen | Sep 20, 2024 | Christian Thought Contributions
Since I began sharing my story of religious burnout and religious trauma on social media, I’ve been met with comment after comment of others resonating and sharing their own experiences. People enter the comment section of my videos in pain and isolation, wondering if...
by kandersen | Aug 3, 2024 | Christian Living
Have you ever encountered ministry burnout or compassion fatigue? I have. Ministry was always an objective of mine, so as I started looking at colleges to attend after high school, I had a clear top choice: Moody Bible Institute — the university internationally known...
by kandersen | Jul 13, 2024 | Christian Living
Church kids and ministry workers are a different breed of human. The desire to serve others runs so deeply that often, we don’t recognize our own needs that go unmet in the process. We’re happy to “consider others better than yourselves” (Phillippians 2:3) and “deny...
by kandersen | Jun 28, 2024 | Christian Living
For those discipled in the evangelical church, it’s clear that salvation is by faith alone, through the grace of God. However, our discussions around spiritual growth tend to be fairly works-based. To be fair, James 2:17 does say, “…faith by itself, if it does...
by kandersen | Jun 22, 2024 | Christian Living
What is Spiritual Burnout? I spent my life becoming the perfect Christian. I was a model church member. Saved, baptized, and making disciples. I attended every church service and prayer night. I served in the youth ministry, the worship ministry, and the children’s...
by kandersen | Jun 2, 2024 | Christian Living
Death is inevitable. I learned this at a young age as my grandparents went to the hospital and never came home. I still have a physical photo of the outfit I wore to my first funeral of a grandparent. It was a red patterned dress with a white lace collar and faux...
by kandersen | May 25, 2024 | Christian Living
“Your college friends are the best friends you will ever have.” Who has ever heard a variation of this sentiment? I’ve heard it phrased a million different ways, but ultimately, it communicates the same grim reality that so many experience. The social scene at...
by kandersen | May 10, 2024 | Christian Living
We are our own worst critics. The problem is, the times when you need grace the most are the times you’re least likely to give it. How often have you leaned into your tendency to beat yourself up for a mistake, tried to push through your exhaustion, or gone full speed...
