When the world around you crumbles what is it that you hold on to? What gets you through this time? It has been a few weeks now since my brother-in-law passed away. There are still lots of tears and mourning when thinking about it. This has not been an easy time for my family and sister. While talking through things …
Listening to Those Around You Who Are Hurting
Do we listen to what is going on around us? Do we listen to more than just the words? I remember back in the fall, I was talking with one of our new adult leaders and they mentioned something to the affect of: “Are any of our students hurting? They seem like they have everything together. “ I then proceeded …
How To Respect Others
1 Peter 2:17a (NIRV) : “Show proper respect to everyone.” Respect is a VERY hard word for us to learn to enact in our lives. It is easy for us to look back on our lives and think of that word as applying to us as children and teenagers, but is so much harder to think about as an adult. “Respect …