Posts about Families (23)

By Bill Adams, Christian Care Ministry Chaplain

A hot, steamy meal in the winter is certainly welcome, but when summer rolls around the last thing anyone wants to do is stand over a hot stove or heat up the entire house with the oven. If you’ve been outside working in the yard or even playing in the hot sun or humidity – well, oven isn’t even in your vocabulary at that point.

You think you’re ready to buy a house. You’ve spent a lot of time looking at real estate listings online and you’ve figured out what you want in a new home. A fenced backyard, finished basement, or good school district might be on your wish list. Maybe you’re excited about tackling an HGTV-inspired kitchen or bathroom makeover.

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?

Caleb Grimm is Sharing Hope It’s #SharingHopeSunday and we’re featuring Caleb Grimm who is known for being part of two music bands: Anthem Lights and one-half of a musical duo with his wife, Caleb & Kelsey.

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.

So many of us have a new “work at home” schedule these days. When you’re not getting up in the morning, getting yourself ready to be seen in public, walking into the office from the parking lot, running to meetings on the other side of the building, stopping on the way home to pick up groceries, etc., it is a challenge to feel pumped and feel endurance to face the day.