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Are you an exhausted nurse running on empty? Do you feel irritable after every shift, emotionally numb, or like you're just surviving instead of thriving? Maybe you're a night shift nurse who can't sleep, a bedside nurse drowning in documentation, or a healthcare mom who feels like she's failing everyone. You want work-life balance, but it feels impossible. You crave connection with God, quality time with your spouse and kids, and just five minutes of peace—but patience and presence seem out of reach after another exhausting shift. You know you need self-care, but you're so depleted from ...

We live in a time where we are constantly grappling with moments of feeling confused amidst moments of relief, worry followed by peace, and moments of calm followed by confusion. All of it, blessing and brokenness living together. What happens when two things that don't go together have to somehow be held in tension? That's our podcast - our intentional attempt to hold things that don't seem to go together in the context of faith. Produced by Campus Ministry at the University of Notre Dame, Points of Connection is hosted and created by Christian Santa Maria, Assistant Director of Retreats ...

In this book, Christian Wright explores the complex history of the UMWA and coal mining in the West over a 50-year period of the 20th century, concentrating on the coal miners of Carbon and Emery counties in Utah. Wright emphasizes their experience during the 1970s, which saw the rise and passing of American workers’ most successful postwar effort to internally reform a major labor organization: the Miners for Democracy movement.