Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” I have to tell you, as a reformed Type A personality (please remember to leave Regyna out of this), I can be tough to deal with in personal and professional relationships. But as I have grown older and wiser […]
Shoveling Snow: Building Community (Rev. Larry Davies)
A few years ago, just before Christmas, our neighborhood was blasted with approximately eighteen inches of snow: worst storm to hit our area in many years. Like most, I was forced to stay home. Yet, in the midst of being stranded at home, there was peace and quiet. Most of us don’t appreciate and fully […]
No Room in the Inn … (Rev. Carol Pazdersky)
How many times have we heard the words found in Luke 2:7? We feel great sympathy for the worried Joseph, deep empathy for the weary and hurting Mary, and great concern for the about-to-be-born Jesus. We may even feel disgust for innkeepers that turned away this growing family. We sense the injustice of anyone being […]
Parenting 101: Look for the Red Thread! (Jory H. Fisher, JD, PCC)
Click here to download transcript Look For the Red Thread! Jory Fisher: Hey everybody, this is Jory Fisher with JoryFisher.com and I’ve been asked to give a little bit of advice about parenting — I guess given that I have three daughters, three stepdaughters, and a stepson, and they are now all between the ages […]
We Need Each Other (Brett Beeson)
Need … it’s such a scary word, isn’t it? We, as Americans, generally don’t like to admit “need.” We are strong! We are strong, we are resourceful, we are resilient and self-dependent. We pull ourselves up by bootstraps, “get over it,” and conquer the world. We don’t “need” anything. And yet … what if that […]
Relationship Fail (Jennifer Miller, LPC)
My children are blessed with parents that are still married and still very much in love. So when two couples in their lives divorced a couple of years ago, they found it confusing and scary. They had never encountered the possibility that people could stop being married. And when members of those failed marriages began […]
How Do You Want to Be Remembered? (Rev. Carol Pazdersky)
Over the years, I have sat with people as they transitioned from this life, presided over their funerals, and listened to the memories of their grieving family and friends. Often the memories bring joyous tears. I have heard praise for parents that sacrificed to help their child beat an addiction, gratitude for a spouse who […]
What Career Advice Would You Give a Recent College Graduate? – Part 2 (Jory H. Fisher, JD, PCC)
TheLadders, an established career resource for professionals, asked me to write a blog post offering career advice to recent college graduates. I said I’d be happy to with the help of my family and friends. (For all those who generously shared their success tips, thank you for your contributions!!!) Part 1, posted May 2015, gives […]
Healing Family Divides (Patricia Raybon)
They didn’t talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, this Christian mother and her Muslim daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest divide in their lives—the daughter’s choice to leave the Christian faith, convert to Islam and become a practicing Muslim. Now in their new book Undivided, the mother journeys with her […]
#gotmygirlsback (Brett Beeson)
I am a prideful human being. That’s right, you heard me. No generic “we,” no soft-shoeing qualifiers. I am a prideful individual. Check that one off the list of seven deadly sins. Now, goofy grin and goofier hair aside, this pride manifests itself daily in many ways. Vanity and insecurity of body image, self-consciousness, needing […]
