Navigating the Holidays Webinar As we enter the holiday season, we can begin to feel overwhelmed as emotions run high and behaviors deteriorate (both ours and our kids). Join us as we look at what makes the holidays so challenging for us and our kids and some practical things we can do to make this [...]
Tag: hope
Learning to Trust
I really thought I trusted God. I have seen His faithfulness. I have experienced His love. He shows up every day when I need Him most. But faith is hard when you can't see the steps in front of you. Lately, I feel like I can't even see a staircase. I know it is there, [...]
Are You Stuck on Friday?
Today is Good Friday and all over the world Christians will gather to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ. Churches will be full of the faithful and the marginal (outside of Mother’s Day and Christmas Eve, Easter is the most attended church service) all participating in one of the most somber services on the calendar. [...]
We Don’t Need More Rules, We Need Better People
We live in a world with too many rules, and I don’t think that many people would disagree with me. We are reminded daily that someone (person or entity) has taken it upon themselves to determine what is best for the rest of us. I guess that’s OK if you like being micromanaged, but I [...]
Why a Strong Community is Important
com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyunɪti / [kuh-myoo-ni-tee] noun - a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually preceded by the): the business community; the community of scholars. We recently had the opportunity to share with a [...]
A New Hope
Another Christmas has come and gone because as Brooklyn reminded us on Thursday, “last Christmas was yesterday.” But now that Christmas 2013 is in the books it seems like a time of reflection is in order. Do you remember a movie from 2006 titled Children of Men? It’s set in 2027 where women have somehow [...]