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Kim Monkevich

Teaching Through The Storm

March 13, 2020, I remember walking around my classroom, staring at the faces of each student and convinced I would see them after Spring Break. COVID-19 wasn’t real and it...

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Culture
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Shepherd's Gate Church

Ask a Therapist: Coping with Stress, Worry, Anxiety

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,...

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Culture
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Shepherd's Gate Church

How to Give Back During the Holidays

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...

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Culture
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Savanna DiStefano

How to Help Someone Who is Grieving

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...

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Savanna DiStefano

Coping with Loss During the Holidays

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...

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Culture
Shelly Langlois

Learning from My Own Prejudice

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...

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Culture
Kathi Repinski

Who Is In Control?

When I married my husband, Jim, I inherited quite a large family. But, I also wanted a child that we conceived together. We were ultimately blessed with Jeremiah, our first son. As this made twelve kids for Jim...

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Culture
Sharron Allen

The Church, Race, & Jesus

I grew up in a Pentecostal church where we clapped our hands, replied to pastor sermons with “amen” and “hallelujah,” shouting and speaking in tongues — far from the church...

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Culture
Gaylynne Giliberto

Four Ways to Stay Connected During a Pandemic

All of our lives were changed with the outbreak of COVID-19, and it seemed to happen overnight. Parents not only became professionals working remotely, but teachers to their children, co-workers...

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Culture
Gaylynne Giliberto

Church at Home

As our lives have changed over the past few months, both personally and professionally, so have our means of communication and connecting. Don’t get me wrong, I’m fully embracing the...

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Culture
Christian McClain

The Push & Pull of Peace & Panic

Anxiety has a way of unpacking its bags and moving into our lives unexpectedly and unannounced. Although it is often misunderstood and ever-changing, the truth is that we all struggle...

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Culture
Tricia Mayhew

Finding God In The Chaos

Have you ever had a moment when you looked around at life and thought, “Where is God in all of this?” Maybe your marriage was falling apart; you were facing...

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