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How to Find Belonging and Purpose This Year

What’s in a Week? The birth of a baby. Neighbors helping one another in crisis. Building a wheelchair ramp. Friends visiting friends in a hospital. Friends praying for others whose immediate relative is dying. The beginning of a ministry to help others in grief. Babysitting, delivering meals, building wheelchair ramps, quietly meeting financial needs, encouragingContinue reading “How to Find Belonging and Purpose This Year”

The Joy of Community

May is a fun month. Mother’s Day, graduations, and parent/child dedications. It is, to me, the quintessential month of family. Families gather for all these major events to celebrate life and the blessings the Lord sends our way. Some have Decoration Days at church, others schedule May weddings. This all culminates with Memorial Day andContinue reading “The Joy of Community”

Blessed are the Peacemakers

Whether we scroll our way down the paths of social media or flip the channels of opinionated news channels, we find ourselves falling down the rabbit hole of divisive opinion-making gurus and being driven toward making, or at least labeling, enemies of those who disagree with our opinions, perceptions, or what is popularly called “our truth.”

Frustration, Disillusion, and Deconstruction

“Somewhere, deep down, he knew his conversion from atheist to belief in God was real, but hearing it challenged and ridiculed made him wonder – then he stopped wondering. He simply stopped.”

This is Surreal

One of my prayers over the past few years was to be in a healthy church. This became motivation to answer the call to return to seminary. That decision led to the desire growing from just being in a healthy church to desiring to “be in a healthy church and help other churches become healthy.”Continue reading “This is Surreal”

Belonging and Purpose or “Church Hurt?”

My grandfather used to say, “Son, people are people.” What he meant was that there are different shapes and sizes of people, but we are all the same. We are people. Our commonality, having been created in the image of a loving God, overcomes any differences we may have. I have had the privilege ofContinue reading “Belonging and Purpose or “Church Hurt?””

Welcome

This site emanates from a desire to help people, leaders, and churches be as healthy as possible. In a world that seems to be unraveling in different ways each day, the necessity to love God and love others is more amplified. Individuals and families need to be encouraged. Churches need assistance finding God’s specific planContinue reading “Welcome”