It started out like any other day in the cold month of November. At the time, I was a 23-year-old college student living at home with my parents. I had...
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While 2020 is over, the effects of the year’s events are lingering. Everyone has lived through a year of stress, anxiety and grief. And it was hard. In December 2020,...
It’s amazing the thoughts that race through your mind when cancer is mentioned for the first time. For me, this was in 2014. In 2009, my doctor found a lump...
With all the ugliness in the world and our lives today, you may be asking yourself, “Why was Jesus born? Wasn’t He supposed to end all of it?” Christmas is...
It’s the season of giving, but this Christmas is different from any other. We’ve all had to adjust to new means of communication and serving others. And. If you’re looking...
We all know someone who is grieving a loss: new or old. The holidays can bring old grief to the surface and make more painful the feeling of a recent...
At this time of year, you may hear a word you’re unfamiliar with: Advent. But, what is Advent and how does it relate to this time of year? What is...
We’re all coping with loss this season. We’ve all lost something in 2020, whether it be a person, a job, or just plain normalcy. This holiday season will be bittersweet...
Have you ever wondered how to pray? Maybe you have felt intimidated by the prayers of others, thinking they are eloquent, and you may not be able to do likewise....
Growing up, my parents taught my brother and I to “never judge a book by its cover.” I thought I was doing a pretty good job of that, not being...
One Sunday morning when I was a young mother, I took my one-year-old daughter to the church nursery for the first time. I headed to the nursery after the service...
Nancy Reagan said it best: Facing dementia and Alzheimer’s with someone you love is like a “long goodbye.” In December 2019 and through 2020, my life has been rocked. My...
As parents, we are our child’s main influence. As Christian parents, teaching a child to pray is similar to teaching them anything else in life. So, how do we teach...
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