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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING COVID-19… after you have followed all the official protocols      A Guide to a Standing Resolute in a Time of Uncertainty   In our series, A Practical Guide to Navigating Covid-19, we have explored how to effectively manage our time now that online learning is a reality as well […]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING COVID-19… after you have followed all the official protocols    How to be Social During a Season of Social Distancing   Please take a moment and read this instruction from the apostle Paul:  Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the […]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING COVID-19… after you have followed all the official protocols    A Homeschooler’s guide to time management….   It is an understatement of cataclysmic proportions to say that our culture and world are going through a tsunami of change. To make matters even more confusing, the narrative of COVID-19 seems to […]

Finding Purpose in a Pandemic    Uncertainty, left unchecked, is a tyrant landlord who bangs on the door of your chest constantly asking for the emotional rent not currently in your possession. This is what happens when a pandemic gives way to panic, it is what transpires when tragedy gives way to anxiety and downright […]

A role reserved but not always revered An assignment too big for any small sheet of parchment hanging on a wall The rare collision of monumental and mundane   One-minute counseling the largest of life’s concerns The next, laughing at the latest middle school burns  First one to arrive, last to leave still waiting on […]

Like many of the people throughout Scripture, all too often I settle for much less than what God intended. It’s no wonder the Apostle Paul knelt down to pray desperately for the Christians in Ephesus to be “filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” We all want to be filled and we all […]

The ball dropped… The fireworks shot off… Toasts were made… Confetti went everywhere… And just like that a new decade was ushered in. But has anything changed?!? Well other than a couple of digits so that the year now reads 2020 (and let’s be honest, that’s kinda cool). I mean we are 10-ish days into […]

THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS MAGICAL.    And by that, I mean that the Christmas spirit is real! The sense of anticipation, the hope of something new, and the promise of a better day are all ingredients in the Christmas spirit felt by so many this time of year. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, a sense […]

An all-time favorite game in any youth setting is a good old-fashioned tug of war competition. Aspiring winners line up on both sides and take the rough rope firmly in their hands. They begin to position themselves for the strategic “leverage spot”, often digging their feet deep into the ground. Almost immediately, the rope becomes taut as both […]

Humility Found There is a rare quality among leaders. It is rarer than a precious jewel, scarcer than water in the desert, and about as commonly seen as an animal on the brink of extinction. The characteristic to which I refer is the spirit of humility… and it seems to be in short supply these […]