Cindi Killen

Words play a key role in almost everything. We have to talk, write, type, text, or use words in some form of communication every day; many of us even hear words in our dreams.

My husband and I love to have guests in our home. Especially those who stay a few days. I try to make their room as comfortable as possible, even personally testing the bed with a little nap.

Lately, there has been a lot of talk within Christian Care Ministry about family. Maybe it is an annual topic at Christmas time and it is simply resonating with me as I’m missing my extended family this year due to restrictions.

My husband and I have seven children by birth and adoption. Seven. We think it was the perfect number to call our family complete.

Every Tuesday afternoon a group of employee moms and grandmothers meet in one of the conference rooms or, more recently, by Skype, to pray over our children and grandchildren.

It’s Holy Week! That means Christians the world over are remembering Jesus’ humble entry into Jerusalem, His last supper with his disciples, His substitutionary suffering and death on a Roman cross, and His triumphal resurrection. What a week!

Sometimes a single verse of the Bible jumps out of the page with perfect clarity. Even stripped of its context, its meaning is clear. These are the verses we often carry in our hearts. “For God so loved the world…”

Unhealthy conversations can be conversations that escalate into heated and sometimes regretful words. They can also be conversations that need to happen, but never do.