With the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all learning about “social distancing.” However, social distancing does not and should not mean social isolation. In fact, if we are creative, we can do authentic ministry from a distance. We can all practice spiritual connecting even while social distancing. While the means in which we accomplish this looks very different, we have both biblical and historical...
What is going on with Josh? He is a twelve-year-old boy in your church’s youth group. He doesn’t seem to fit in with the other kids; he is awkward and uncomfortable in social situations. He often sits by himself and has a hard time entering into conversations. When he does, the conversation quickly becomes a lecture as Josh shares obscure details about The Lord of the Rings. Josh is a walking...
You had it all planned out. You were doing your research and fine-tuning your resumé. You were preparing for the future: graduation in May, summer internship that would go through August, saying “yes” to the dream job where you knew you could make the most impact, earn some money, get married, buy a dog, raise a family, change the world, die peacefully in your late 90s while holding hands with...
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”~ Revelation 21:3–4...
Last night I had a nightmare. I woke up with a start, trying to reorient myself. Usually, when I wake up from a bad dream, I am so relieved when I realize that what I have imagined isn’t true. Not this time. I was dreaming that a terrible disease was threatening my family and the whole world, and right now a dreadful disease is threatening our world. The news keeps getting worse, not better...
