A Reminder in Times of Discouragement
On this Father’s Day weekend, I’m thinking about lessons learned from my father, who was a pastor. There was a note to himself that he kept in his desk. It was a short reminder that was needed in times of…
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COVID Languishing
In a recent article in the New York Times, psychologist Adam Grant talked about what he and many others began feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Grant says that it wasn’t depression. Rather it was a sense of looking at life…
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Parental Awareness
I remember a conversation with a justifiably concerned Christian mother who had been blind-sided by some issues with her thirteen-year-old son. Her son was struggling emotionally after a break-up with a girl. Yes, kids are having those kinds of relationships…
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Bullying and Youth Group
With bullying being an issue for so many kids in today’s world, we need to be sure that our churches are building a youth ministry setting that’s safe. As a step towards making this a reality, counselor Julie Lowe offers…
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