As everything is upended, how to find patterns of peace and when everything is disrupted, how to do foster rhythms of hope and renewal? Carmen talks with Justin Early from The Common Rule about four essential practices: Scripture before phone Kneel to pray three times a day Gather (safely) for encouragement and joy Light a […]
Carmen talks with Dr. Melissa Mork, professor of psychology, criminal justice and law enforcement at the University of Northwestern St Paul about resilience, and how we develop it amidst today’s unique stress factors. In the second half, Chris Martin from LifeWay Social returns to offer a primer on how to effectively use social media platforms […]
Carmen leads off with prayers for those affected in unusual ways by the coronavirus quarantines and hospital restrictions. Peter Kapsner joins Carmen for conversations about Tom Brady’s religion (which is football) and the need for real sacrifice in the nation today. Here’s the question, would you be willing to suffer some loss now for someone […]
Carmen opens when the encouragement to check out and watch Witnesstoall.com. It features a LIVE Google map of people all over the world encountering the Gospel, meeting Jesus and coming into relationship with God through Him. If you need encouragement, its a good website to bookmark. Carmen talks with Ben Johnson from the Acton Institute […]
Carmen shared a homeschooling experience from yesterday when she discovered that suffixes have LOTS of rules. She read “RULE: 1 – When a word ends with a consonant and the suffix begins with a consonant, just add the suffix with no spelling changes.” She offered the examples in the lesson, “entertainment = entertain + ment, advertisement = […]
“I long to see you” are the words and the sentiment of the Apostle Paul to the Saints in Rome in the first century (Romans 1:11). We are pricked afresh the words as we consider all those familiar people and places we long to see but cannot because of the global pandemic. Carmen commends the […]
Carmen’s opening encouragement: I was overcome yesterday by the stillness. I was standing on the edge of our lower field. It is verdant and speckled with tiny purple and white flowers which my husband says are all weeds but they are beautiful nonetheless. The wind was not blowing and clouds passed silently through the sky […]
Scott Arbeiter from World Relief talks with Carmen about how the current disruption in normal life has awakened among us the reality of our vulnerability. But we have resources and friends and social safety nets. What about those who are vulnerable and have no such hope? Having been awakened to our own vulnerability, our empathy […]
Recognizing that the world continues to rotate on its axis and things other than the Coronavirus present challenges to people all over the world, Carmen offers a grim update on the locust swarms literally eating their way across Eastern Africa. The crops in entire nations have been decimated and the U.N. puts the number of […]
Carmen leads off with an invitation to join her in a journey through the Gospel of John through Easter. Here’s day 1 (which is also Lent day 23)… Pastor Jason Meyer joins Carmen to discuss a number of questions Christians are asking – and being expected to answer – in the context of a world […]