Stephanie Boegel

I’ve taken all the “tests” and the results are conclusive: Myers-Briggs=INTJ, Enneagram=Five, Working Genius=Tenacity/Wonder, Strengths Finder=Learner/Intellection  Hello, my name is Carlo, and I’m an introvert.  Not the “I dislike people” kind of introvert, which would be a problem for sure. I genuinely love people. I’ve spent over two decades in vocational ministry serving people as a pastor, educator, and nonprofit leader.  However, I dislike small talk. … Read more

One of the stranger trends in modern Christianity is the growing divide between intellectual depth and practical ministry.  In some circles, scholarship is treated with suspicion. The assumption is that serious theological reflection somehow weakens spiritual passion or practical effectiveness. In other spaces, ministry practitioners are quietly viewed as less serious than academics, as though preaching, shepherding, … Read more

One of the few undergraduate courses that I still get to teach at Manna University is Mentoring and Coaching. Almost every undergraduate student takes the course, which means I get the opportunity to connect with nearly every student who journeys through our university.  One of the things I tell students early in the course is that formation rarely happens … Read more

When was the last time you ate cotton candy (candy floss for my British friends)?  Here’s the thing about cotton candy: at a fair or carnival, it looks irresistible. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe it’s groupthink. Either way, it works. You take a bite and sugar hits your veins like a freight train. For a few minutes, life feels pretty good.  Then … Read more

As the United States of America basks in its 250th anniversary, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about origins.   Origins matter because they often reveal what people believed was worth preserving. They expose priorities, assumptions, fears, and hopes about the kind of society people wanted to build and the kind of leaders needed to sustain it.  Long … Read more