The Story of Our Lives
Gracie McBride2026-04-29T11:53:13+00:00We have all come from somewhere. We are all on our way to somewhere else. We are all on a path to get there. [...]
What You Love
Gracie McBride2026-02-16T11:19:35+00:00When talking about direction here at The Crossroad, we often talk about naming our core values in order to get There. Your values are [...]
How Do I Know Where to Go?
Gracie McBride2026-02-02T17:45:40+00:00We talk a lot at the Crossroad about getting There and figuring out how to reach your desired destination. But I recognize that for [...]
Escaping the Cycle
Gracie McBride2025-12-30T11:19:41+00:00We all have great intentions when we set our New Year’s Resolutions, but how often do we accomplish them? Do the goals that guided [...]
Prioritizing Your Time
Gracie McBride2025-08-31T21:25:19+00:00I always get excited at the beginning of the school year by all the possibilities that this year could bring. Even out of school, [...]
Why Do We Need Relationships?
Gracie McBride2025-04-01T18:02:54+00:00Genesis 2 recounts how humans are made for relationships. After God made Adam, He declared that “it is not good for man to be [...]
Where are You Going?
Gracie McBride2025-01-14T23:23:14+00:00It’s one thing to set a There for your life, define your Here, and chart your Path forward. It’s another thing to implement these [...]
Overcoming Indecision
Gracie McBride2024-11-15T10:09:01+00:00A common pitfall after you’ve made a decision is to look back and wonder if it was the right one to make. It’s easy [...]
Changing Direction
Gracie McBride2024-08-29T15:38:39+00:00When you reach the Pit of Despair, you have two options. You can persevere through the Pit and make it to the other side, [...]
Living in the Present
Gracie McBride2024-08-01T03:01:45+00:00We focus a lot on setting goals here at The Crossroad. We want to make sure we have a clear direction that we’re heading [...]
Naming Reality
Gracie McBride2024-04-19T18:32:55+00:00We can only get to where we want to go if we know where we currently are; what our reality is. Imagine going on [...]
What are you pursuing?
Gracie McBride2024-01-10T20:37:38+00:00When you talk about your goals for the future, were they created out of a desire to get out of your current circumstance or [...]
Finding Connection
Gracie McBride2023-12-19T14:45:55+00:00We all long to find connection; to feel as though we belong to a larger group or mission. A common pitfall in work and [...]
Living on the Path
Gracie McBride2023-06-16T14:33:56+00:00If you’re at the beginning of your journey with the Servant Leadership tools, it might seem like you’re spending a lot of time evaluating [...]
Vision: Growing Towards Something
Gracie McBride2023-05-25T19:18:08+00:00On the shelf in the shower in my apartment sits three half-used bar soaps that belong to myself and my two roommates. One of [...]
The Four Squares: Can and Won’t
Kylie2023-06-07T14:57:46+00:00This week we are diving into the final part of our series on the Four Squares: Can and Won’t. Before getting into it, let’s [...]
The Four Squares: Can’t and Won’t
Kylie2023-03-17T22:16:18+00:00Every person should not be expected to successfully complete every task. We are all uniquely created, and we therefore have a unique set [...]
The Four Squares: Can’t and Will
Kylie2023-03-15T02:46:04+00:00This is the second of four blogs on the Four Squares: a visual tool used to pinpoint action at the intersection of [...]
The Four Squares: Can and Will
Kylie2023-06-07T14:53:24+00:00Whether or not you take action and complete a task lies at the intersection of your ability and desire. That’s what the Four Squares [...]
Making SMART Goals for the New Year
Kylie2023-01-29T01:59:01+00:00New Year’s Resolutions get a bad reputation. Most people who make them don’t expect to be able to keep them, leaving some to wonder [...]
What Do Your Habits Tell You About You?
Kylie2022-10-11T20:11:44+00:00Every day you do stuff. That is probably not a big epiphany. But why do you do the things you do? Why do you [...]
What is your Finish to Start Ratio?
Kylie2022-07-21T19:17:19+00:00How many times have you said, “I don’t want to be a quitter, but…”? We all value the idea of tenacity, grit, and [...]
Why Do You Feel Perpetually Lost?
Kylie2022-07-10T19:13:40+00:00What is right? What should I be doing? Am I doing the right thing? Am I doing this well? What do people think of [...]
Today is Not Transcendent
Kylie2022-06-07T17:19:34+00:00My daily to-do list is often overwhelming. There are tasks and goals to complete, competing priorities, and the weight of expectation. It is easy [...]
Myriad Motivations and How to Make Sense of Them All
Kylie2022-06-07T17:16:07+00:00Human beings are motivated by an imagined future, a THERE. We simply will not do something unless we can see at least some sliver of [...]