Quarantine and God’s Will for your Life
by Joel Miles
We can spend our lives thinking that true life is somewhere out there, in a different context, at a different time, waiting to be discovered. We can live as if it is possible to miss what God calls us to do, and so miss our lives. Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that life is right now. It is here. Whatever situation you are in is the season God has placed you in. Embrace it. You can be confident this is his will for you right now. And though it may be difficult, in time God will make it beautiful.
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Who is My Neighbor?
by Ashanti Pettaway
We cannot be those who pass by suffering on the road, simply because that person doesn’t look like our neighbor. We all need to respond. And in order to do so, we must not only be aware of the situation, but we need to understand how it has come about…
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Hygiene Habits and Hypervigilance: Who Am I Becoming?
by Malissa Mackey
When I realized that I was afraid of an elderly couple in Walgreens buying cough medicine and angry at two carefree and unmasked guys for invading my six-foot bubble on the sidewalk, I started wondering: how are the habits I’m forming in this pandemic shaping me?
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O Death, Where is your sting? It’s Right Here.
by Joel Miles
Right now we are experiencing the sting of death. It is all around us. And as Christians, we should not feel any pressure to get over how hard this is. Yet in the midst of that weeping, we can still, and must, proclaim the victory and salvation that we will fully enjoy one day.
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3 Reasons the Resurrection Matters - Everyday and All the More During COVID-19
by Oscar Leiva
In this week following Easter 2020, I want to pause with you to explore why the resurrection matters more than ever in a culture of imminent death. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 15, tells us that in the resurrection—even in our confusion of the pandemic around us—God protects his truth, provides forgiveness, and promises hope.
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Parenting in a Pandemic
by Jon Dennis and Katina Yohpe
Our conviction, which is sometimes comforting and sometimes not, is that our kids, in the midst of this crisis, are learning a lot about life and faith and relationships no matter what kind of curriculum we are (or aren’t) using.
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Rejoice in the Lord Always?
by Joel Miles
I don’t know how long this will go. But I do believe that this time of loss, fear, and anxiety can drive us to the Lord. And in that we should rejoice.
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A Time to Lament
by Malissa Mackey
It is a time to lament. It is a time to bring all of these things before the Lord and be reminded that He hears our prayers, He holds our tears, He is grieved over this brokenness too.
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Bonhoeffer, Life Together and Our Global Lockdown
by Jon Dennis
In that darkest moment when the world was gripped by the terrors of global war, German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer composed a beautiful text on Christian unity. In this frightening moment where our globe is gripped by a pandemic, his words of unity offer hope.
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Habits of Purpose Amidst a Global Pandemic
by Joel Miles
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.”
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