The exhaustion of multitasking has caught up to us.Trying to send an email while a child sits on our lap.Making a phone call with drums beating in the background.Teaching school lessons while trying to manage the details of the house.Patience can run sparse. So, Lord, we ask for an extra measure of grace for parents.You […]
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Corrie Ten Boom said, “Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” At first glance, that quote seems like a pithy cliché to dismiss a problem. Knowing Corrie Ten Boom would change that. Her book The Hiding Place details how her family hid Jews from the Nazis, which ultimately led to their imprisonment in a concentration
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What are you planning to do this weekend? You may have seen the image describing the days of the Coronavirus, “Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” I can’t count how often I have heard people mention that they have lost track of the day of the week. May has begun today with the hope of spring, but
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Who are the people you know that would benefit from a check-in from you? The lockdown has halted life as we know it. Our regular routines have stopped overnight. The longer we social distance, the more critical it becomes to check on people in our lives. I know of many organizations and individuals who have
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Lord, we’re exhausted.Doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and medical workers have worked non-stop.National and local government leaders feel the weight of each decision.Stay at home parents became teachers overnight.CEOs, COOs, CFOs, etc. have managed this crisis with minimal damages.Working from home has added more hours, not less.The retired have lost their sense of routine amid waiting
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What prayers do you pray over your children? What prayers do you say over the people closest to you in your life? In my twenties, the pastor of the church I attended would pray Numbers 6:24-26 for each baby dedication. Pastor Daniel knew Hebrew. He would start to say the prayer in Hebrew and then
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What are you worried about this Monday? What situations do you anticipate will cause you stress? The volume of anxiety feels louder in this season than any other. You could have several unknown answers to the questions about the future. For the majority of us, we ask the question, “When will life resume with a
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How are you connecting with your kids during the quarantine? Like many parents, you may feel overwhelmed by trying to juggle work and time with your kids. It can be exhausting. On the other hand, you, like other parents, have an opportunity to connect with your kids in new ways. The schedule has slowed down,
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Have you felt alone during this season of lockdown? The lie of feeling lonely focuses on physical location; if I have people around me, then I should not feel alone. Even for those who live alone in their home, the feeling can get dismissed by the number of phone calls, texts, zooms, etc. This crisis
Where did you grow up? A seemingly fundamental question can tell a person a lot about you. The places we grow up shape us in ways that we might never expect. A journey towards wholeness requires us not to forget where we came from. Last night, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Joe Burrow with the first
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