Fellow Pilgrims: Walking Together in Faith

Several days ago, I glanced at the calendar and felt that familiar end-of-year drop in my stomach. The one that says, “You should be further along by now.” The one that whispers, “You didn’t do enough this year.” It’s funny how this time of year can provide opportunities for both celebration and pressure. We look back at what we hoped to accomplish, and we feel the weight of everything unfinished. We start thinking about “finishing strong,” but sometimes that phrase feels lik

Thanksgiving has always meant a lot to me. Part of that is obvious from my last name. When your name is Pilgrim, you grow up hearing a lot of Thanksgiving jokes and references. Over time, our family leaned into it. We love the holiday, not just for the food, family, and football, but for the intentional pause it gives us. A moment to breathe, to look around, and to say, “God, thank You.” It is one of my favorite days of the year. But the longer I walk with Jesus, the more I r

In the business world, few ideas have reshaped leadership and learning like the growth mindset . Companies from Microsoft to Google have embraced it. Managers are taught to view mistakes as opportunities, to reward curiosity, and to see feedback not as criticism but as fuel for improvement. The logic is simple: when people believe they can grow, they do. They take risks, learn faster, and stay resilient when things go wrong. Teams with this mindset innovate more and recover q

Have you ever had one of those moments when you weren’t sure what the “right” thing to do was? Maybe a friend was being bullied, and you didn’t know whether to step in or stay quiet. Maybe someone you admire posted something online that didn’t feel right, and you weren’t sure whether to say anything. Or maybe you faced a decision - a relationship, a career choice, a moral gray area - and wished God would just write the answer in the sky. We live in a world that constantly tel