COVID-19 numbers are spiking again, an ugly election season has left us all tired and irritable, and the summer sun has disappeared and decided to quarantine like the rest of us. With all of the mess that surrounds us, it’s…
“If Tom said it, you could bank on it.” Tom was my grandfather. “He was always the same, wherever he was, whoever he was with,” a neighboring farmer affirmed at Tom Haun’s funeral. He “got his life straightened out,” as…
You can spot them a mile away. Her makeup was clearly done in the car, and she’s wearing the same dress she’s worn three Sundays in a row. He’s got a giant coffee stain on his shirt and a look…
I remember how the book felt in my hands: 600 pages heavy, yet it didn’t deter my curiosity and desire to dig in. The title captivated me: How Now Shall We Live. Page by page, the beloved and belated author,…
The pandemic our world is experiences is unraveling every area of normalcy in our lives. Our interactions with others have changed because of this new concept and mandate of social distancing. Major life events, such as graduations, weddings, birthday celebrations,…
“I’m struggling with comparison. It is eating me alive and all I can think about. Everywhere I turn I find my mind wandering to who I’m not, what I don’t look like, what I don’t have. Can you give me…
Over the past year, our world has experienced uncertainty and confusion as we’ve been forced to adjust to a “new normal” that is anything but normal. In these unprecedented times, fear has risen and anxiety has soared in much of…
When your kids interrupt a conversation, you teach them about patience and manners. Culture, on the other hand, displays little restraint in disrupting our norms. I lead a group of Master’s students annually through historical disruptions and how culture is…
On February 18, 2020 my wife and I were introduced to our firstborn child. It was a surreal experience. It was the holiest moment I’ve ever been a part of outside of the moment Jesus saved me. I have had…
When talking about racism and social injustice, parents must understand it is a complex and multilayered conversation with two broad categories: Citizen vs. Citizen—Systematic & Systemic Oppression, Institutional Racism, Social and Economic Injustice, Prejudice and Discrimination Government vs. Citizen—Any abuse…
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