Posts about Community (18)

Imagine facing a diagnosis you never saw coming. What do you do? Where do you turn? What are your best options? Who will advocate for you?

When the coronavirus showed up on our doorsteps, preventing us from crossing the threshold to the outside world without an abundance of caution, life as we knew it certainly changed. Our new everyday vocabulary started including words like quarantine, face masks, shortages, and social distancing―words that brought frustration and discouragement.

By Guest Blogger, Traci Rhoades

[As appeared on The Star Tribune] Many individuals dream in their lifetime of the day they will be able to celebrate a milestone birthday, the precious moment they get to walk down the aisle, or the acceptance of a diploma. In life there are so many ups and downs and uncertainties, so what happens when something like a national pandemic hinders your special day?

"Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:14

Everyone seems to be dealing with and running their own gamut of emotions right now. Times of crisis will do that. People, with all our myriad of personalities and tendencies, process circumstances differently. I would wager not one person thinks and feels exactly the same as another.

Earth Day is a beautiful time to celebrate the conservation of our environment all around the world. Now that we may have more time on our hands thanks to stay-at-home orders, let’s get out and appreciate the very thing the Lord has entrusted to us and given us dominion over.