With Father’s Day nearing on the North American calendar, men are weary from months of unrest, disease, storms, and fear. So far, this decade is a hard time to be a dad. They don't feel like champions. What might happen if we listen to and learn from the men in our lives?In Genesis 3 God defined the ...
Read More > about Champions for the Painful Effort of Now
Blog
COVID-19: One day we will tell this story
One day we will tell this story. "Now" will be behind us. We will try to find words and metaphors to describe what it was like. There will be a day when it's past, and we'll sit in a coffee shop or lunch room or at a women's study group, and we'll tell our story in this bigger story. But, today is ...
Read More > about COVID-19: One day we will tell this story
God’s Good Gift of a Good Cry
I didn't know how good it is to cry until I couldn't. Several years ago I lost the ability to cry. I miss it. We're meant to have a good cry. From our first minutes of life, we release what we process through tears. In the years to follow, most of us practice managing and controlling the urge to ...
Read More > about God’s Good Gift of a Good Cry
The ABCs of What Kids Need in COVID19
It's been three weeks since the Governor of the Washington State issued a Stay Home order. We couldn't imagine then what life is now. It's more than we can wrap our minds around. A lot to absorb, process, understand, and respond to. For children, they're trying to swim through this current with a ...
Read More > about The ABCs of What Kids Need in COVID19
Overcoming Fear Flash Cards
I was in aisle 7 when I heard a loud sneeze. I whipped around to see the offender and weighed my options. Push her away and run? No, I would compromise our social distance and could contaminate myself when I made contact! Spray her down with my hand sanitizer? No, I needed to save it for myself. ...
Read More > about Overcoming Fear Flash Cards