Looking into the Uncertainty of 2021
We are a few weeks into the New Year. Depending on how you look at it, so has a new decade. As many do this time of year, we usually take stock in a number of things. How am I doing in meeting my various responsibilities? How am I doing on my relationships? If you […]
Help Me
If you are engaging in television entertainment much these days (safe to say this is something that most of us are doing, given the prevailing pandemic conditions and the resulting shut-in experiences we are having), you are very likely stumbling across Christmas and other holiday-themed movies right now. This can serve as a bit of […]
Principled Civility: A Necessary Pursuit for the Times
God created each one of us uniquely…with talents and abilities that we can use to serve Him in His creation. With this uniqueness comes individual thoughts and, guess what…opinions. Opinions that others may disagree with and some with which we may hold disagreement. That is a fundamental part of the human condition. But what happens […]
Integrity: Raisin Bran vs Wheaties
Not long ago, a staff pastor of a church was reflecting on an experience he had as a young boy as he watched his father serve in full time ministry. One of the roles his father served in was as a chaplain who would speak to professional sports teams. This staff pastor, as a young […]
Resiliency – Vital for Thriving
The school year is beginning. As a parent, you are navigating waters that you never expected to face. You are having to deal with and address issues that, a year ago, were unheard of and unforeseen. You are having to plan your time for work, home, and school in a manner that you just didn’t […]
Looking Away from Covid-19
To use a phrase that describes the overwhelming significance of an event or challenge, “Covid-19 has taken all of the oxygen out of the room”. If you look around at the daily flow of news and information, to say that Covid-19 and related stories dominate the news would be a gross understatement. So what can […]
The Memory: To Bury…or To Cherish
Memory…it is an elusive thing. One moment you find yourself struggling to recall something. You try and try and, for whatever reason, you just cannot recapture what you are trying to remember. The next moment, with what seems to be without any effort whatsoever, what you were struggling to recall arrives. Such is the human […]
A Unique Easter
We enter this Easter experiencing an environment that is anathema to what we as humans, at least most of us, desire. That of gathering together, being close, and comforting each other. Instead, due to the current COVID-19 health issue that we continue to grapple with, we are compelled to keep our distance from people. This […]
Disruption – The Down Side and the Divine Side
The dictionary definition of disruption: a disturbance or problem which interrupts an event, activity, or process. Suffice to say that the virus known as “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19”, its medical nomenclature, has created a disruption, to say the very least. It has thrown sand in the gears and a monkey wrench into the machinery of our lives. To […]
Bringing Meaningful Change into the New Year
Yes…it is a new year….and a new decade. Twice the reason to resolve for change in your life. For parents of school age children, making changes has application at multiple levels. Seeking to make changes as a parent has direct impacts on you personally and on your children. And, with everything else that is hitting […]
