When Life is Too Heavy Grief and Burnout
Sometimes life is just demoralizing. It may be a season of grief (which is sadness about any kind of loss), when you feel like you’re …
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Crying at Christmas It happens
One Christmas season, my family faced moving out of a home we loved and saying goodbye to our very sick cat. Even while I could …
Three Encouragements When the long haul gets...long
Today I’m sharing three truths I return to when things are difficult and the end is not yet in sight: God is on my side. …
Yucky Feelings Can I Get a Pass?
Have you ever tried to think your way out of a feeling? I remember feeling afraid at night as a child. I’d tell myself how …
When teaching feels like combat Hostile encounters: intentionally contradictory answers
“No plan survives contact with the enemy.” ~ Helmuth von Moltke A Bible class is not your enemy, but when you think about it, any …