Middle school romance survival guide
For me, it was Chase. My first Middle School crush, straight out of a romance novel: curly locks, football muscles, bad boy attitude, and the ability…
The hands of Jesus
“Jesus reached out his hand . . . .” I’ve been reading through the gospels the past few weeks, preparing for Holy Week and Easter. This is my annual…
Dear pre-COVID me
Dear pre-COVID me, I couldn’t have warned you if I tried. Words just don’t do justice to how quickly things changed in just a few months. One…
What is Your Posture During a Crisis?
Like everyone else in the world, I’ve been holed up with my family for more than a month. For kicks, my teens and tweens started listing phrases…
The Emergence of Family as the Victor
It has been said that time heals all things. As a seventy-year-old father and grandfather, I disagree. Time alone cannot heal. It cannot heal the…
Counseling Conversations | Parenting in a Pandemic
Just as much as we are processing all that is going on in the world, they are processing too. Here’s the question, how can I help my kids process…
How Moms Can Manage Mental Health During a Pandemic
There is no need to remind anyone that these last few weeks have been unlike anything experienced or seen in our lifetime. My work schedule has been…
Either by design or default, many of you are home with your children fulltime and possibly homeschooling to boot. My husband and I are suddenly…
Invested Not Spent: Quarantine 2020
We may well be living through the most historic period of our lives. Future history books, medical journals, treatises on economics, and studies of…
