The COVID-19 Pandemic has glaringly exposed our need for control. At some level, we all like to plan. We fill out our day timers with the hopes of creating, building, and helping. Yet we’ve gotten used to regularly adjusting our personal schedules. For example, within a period of just one year, because of COVID precautions, I cancelled […]
Lessons in Praying for Others
Throughout this pandemic, prayer has become a greater priority for many. Perhaps, like me, while COVID has disrupted your social life, it hasn’t debilitated you. Meanwhile, you have family and friends who have endured greater hardship, and therefore, they’ve been further impressed upon your heart at this time. So, how do you pray for them? […]
Trumping Tribalism
If there’s anything we do well as Christians, it’s rally together towards a common cause. We’re quick to find camaraderie, to confide in similar values, and to point others to our hope in Christ. After all it was Jesus who said, “My prayer is…that all of them [who believe] may be one, Father, just as […]