I am hopeful your Easter Sunday was meaningful despite the challenges this year. While none of us would sign up to repeat this ordeal with COVID-19, I see real positives beginning to emerge. Our pastors are learning to pivot more quickly, ramping up on technology skills, and rediscovering the power of home connections. Those leaders…
By Walt Mueller The Stay-at-home-order can and should be embraced by parents as a spiritual-nurture-opportunity! Families are rediscovering each other, Sabbath rest, and family meal-times! This has created a wide-open window for parents to step in and nurture their kids in the faith. To help parents take advantage of this time we’ve launched a 28-day-initiative we’re…
Sarah Anderson There’s an episode of Friends (I know, my age is showing) where Ross is trying to get a new couch into his apartment and is attempting to carry it up the steps to move it in, and it isn’t going well. As they try to maneuver around the corners of the stairwell, Ross keeps…
We are all basically under quarantine until further notice. Life as we’ve known it has come to a screeching halt, and not just for some, but for everyone! How hard for some who’ve had to cancel trips of a lifetime, trips for their usual spring vacations, trips to see family, and even trips to the…
Reggie Joiner Most parents don’t set out to raise kids who become jerks. But parenting kids who have a mind of their own can be confusing. Some leaders say too many who work hard at building children’s self-esteem are raising kids who will exhibit a lifestyle of entitlement and egotism. Other specialists say those who…
As we work through the coronavirus pandemic, my family is adjusting to the “new normal.” At home is the “new normal.” But what does that entail? In Psalm 78, God gives us a blueprint for how faith is replicated throughout all generations. He chose to use the family as the primary place to nurture faith….
Sarah Anderson At the start of 2020, I bet my days looked a lot like yours. Wake up Get ALL THE COFFEE Wake the kids Pack lunches Load up backpacks Drive to school Go to work Do school carpoolC Come home Do homework Eat dinner Go to bed Repeat It was a comfortable routine, that…
Dr. Chinwé Williams So much of our world has changed in just a few weeks. Many people are feeling anxious, disrupted, and overwhelmed. If you have been struggling with your own anxiety or depression, the current COVID-19 outbreak may trigger the feeling that you’re spiraling downward, fast. The two most troubling aspects of this crisis,…
Holly Crawshaw You’ve probably seen hundreds of memes related to the Covid-19 virus that have recently flooded the internet and social media. What makes a meme work is that there is some universally understood truth behind their meaning. If I could reduce all the quarantine-related memes into two categories, the two truths I’m hearing are:…
Sarah Anderson I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is: we’re in the middle of a health crisis and global pandemic that has radically restructured our normal routines and ways of life that none of us have ever had to walk through before. The good news is: we’re all in it together….