Late this past spring, I started training for a half-marathon. With the summer months ahead of me, I wanted to enjoy God’s great outdoors, get my blood flowing, and keep my body strong and healthy. In my late twenties and early thirties, I easily ran under 2 hours for the 13.1 mile race, and I was hopeful I could do […]
How is your summer going? Busy? As my pastor noted this past Sunday, it doesn’t matter what stage of life you’re in- whether you’re a teenager working this summer, a parent taking care of young children, a working adult, a retiree volunteering in your community, or someone care-giving for a loved one- busyness is all too easy to come by […]
Do you remember making friends at six years old? Maybe you easily met someone on the monkey bars, or you coordinated a game of tag, or you started up a conversation with your soccer teammate that blossomed into a friendship. For many of us, making and establishing friends seemed easier then. At six years old, the world seemed ripe with […]