As the pandemic matures, watch for a wave of lawsuits. From business deals that didn’t go through to hospitals that didn’t accommodate scheduled surgeries to every other institution, business or entity whose failure to live up to their side of a contract resulted in injury – perceived or otherwise – to someone else is going […]
What are the assumptions you’re making about me and what assumptions am I making about you before we even start talking? I’m assuming that: you are a fellow Saint in Christ, you are passionately pursuing the advancement of His Kingdom purposes in the world, you’re literally on a mission, you’ve got a story to tell, […]
Four headlines tell the story of six babies, three boys and three girls, and demonstrate the cultural confusion of our day. Two headlines celebrating the births of a son to Boris Johnson and another to Anderson Cooper. Johnson is the Prime Minister of England, not married to the mother of his latest child, and the […]
April 22, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. There was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in California. As earthquakes go, that’s relatively minor. But it lead to a flurry of social media posts about “angering Mother Nature,” how Mother Nature was being provoked by human “assaults upon her” and myriad other references to the […]
I’m writing today to say, “I miss you.” As I was experiencing Easter 2020 with my family, in our home, apart from the gathering of the family of faith, I acknowledged how much I value the body of believers. I miss my brothers and sisters in Christ! But why is that? What creates a longing […]
People are distress and some of them are acknowledging their distress with cries of S.O.S. (Save Our Souls). Time is ripe for sharing the Good News of the Gospel. This is the day to Help Others Perceive Eternally. Today is the day for Christ’s people to serve as living demonstrations of hope, secure. But how […]
I offered to pray for a mom who was angry and frustrated and grieving in the midst of more than she can bear. To be clear, I had done what I could and connected her with resources in our community in addition to offering to pray but the offer to pray is what provokes this […]
Resources related to the COVID19 Coronavirus Google created a comprehensive dashboard for one stop, accurate information https://www.google.com/covid19/ Resources for parents, now educating their kids at home. My conversation with educator Erin Paske, who has served as a private homeschool teacher and now instructs kids online to increase reading proficiency. My conversation with Lacy […]
Discipline. When we first hear the word discipline it does not ordinarily bring to mind thoughts of joyful anticipation. When we think of discipline we don’t think of luxuriating in a warm bubble bath by candlelight to soft music. We think instead about being sent to our rooms or losing privileges. We tend to think […]
Life is fleeting but love endures forever By Monday the roses and chocolates and cards will be history, but we will still need to know that we are each and all loved. My husband sat on the steps and held out a ring. It was large and worn and engraved with a date from 1966. […]