I need you to use your imagination with me today. But first, let me paint a picture. Just a few months ago, most of our churches were tracking along as usual. We had lots of events, a big central program every weekend that we put most of our energy into, and our usual Sabbath Schools, prayer meetings, etc. Then, along came the
Covid-19 Reactions With the global reaction to the Coronavirus thousands are thinking more about the end times now than they ever have in their lives. Country living is a hot topic now that people have witnessed the horrors of being on lockdown in some of the most famous cities in the world. Job loss, food shortages, and lack of resources due to wi
So, you are here. In a place, you never chose for yourself. At best it may seem like a position caused by a series of unfortunate events-homeschooling because of mandatory quarantine. Could it be, however, that this is not a series of unfortunate events, but rather an opportunity to create some of the best memories in your child’s life? I would lik
I am a therapist, writer, and a Christian pastor—in my eyes, that comprises the trifecta of a “brooder”! But I have noticed something in many of my clients; clients who have typically been extremely secular-minded, humanistic, or just plain atheistic. All of a sudden, they are giving God a serious second look. In just the past two wee
We were having devotions one beautiful evening. We rehearsed a Bible reading that talked about God’s mercy. I can’t quite place my finger on the exact verse but before we could finish, we were all jolted by a loud "No! God is not merciful". We quickly established that it was my 8-year-old boy, Hiram Edson. He continued to rage, saying that if God w
Hello, my precious students! I woke up this morning thinking about Y’all. It seems that every institution, every business, every organization has sent out a statement regarding the Coronavirus. Being one that has many thoughts and opinions and rarely wastes an opportunity to share them with anyone that will listen (😉), I thought I would wri
Hi, my name is Omar and I am a recovering food addict. There! I said it—or wrote it, rather. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about potato sticks, those lovely tiny deep-fried French-fry type thingies...well, doing more than thinking about them lately, but I’ll get to that in a minute. I live in the United States—the peach-loving state of Geo
Quarantine These are crazy times. With COVID-19 growing from a local outbreak to a regional epidemic to a global pandemic in a matter of a couple of months, our lives as we know them have been turned upside down. During the last few weeks, many procedures have been implemented worldwide that some of us may never have thought we
It doesn’t take long for the crises of life to bring conspiracies to the forefront that persuade many. There’s just something about “knowing” information the rest of the world is not yet privy to that brings on a subtle thrill - chasing after the latest imaginative idea to fit into a broader elaborate, incredible framework. “I need evidence,” you s
I know you haven’t heard from me on here in a while, but the coronavirus crashing the market has resulted in a lot of people contacting me with the same question… “What should I do about my investments?!” It turns out that besides the virus itself, the stock market has been making a lot of people sick lately! Specifically, the question peop
