• Hope Remains Despite Hardship by Grace Fox

    The pandemic has taken so much from the world’s population. Personally, it halted international travel for me and my husband. This has been tough because we direct a missionary sending agency and provide staff care to global workers. It’s kept us apart from our children and grandchildren and stopped in-person fellowship with other believers. It compounded our grief when my 88-year-old mother became seriously ill…

  • C’est la vie

    Well, we survived 2020 — the social isolation, the boredom, the endless zoom meetings. Despite all that was lost this year, there are a few gains that I hope to carry with me into the future. I thrive on being busy — yes, I admit it. I have always had a difficult time slowing down and sitting still. This year I was forced to slow…

  • Remembering Anna

    This year as I was reading the Christmas story in Luke 2, I was struck by the inclusion of Anna. Why is this prophetess mentioned here? She was a widow for 84 years and so we know she is aged. Since her husband’s death she has been faithful in worship, prayer, and fasting. God honored her faithfulness by allowing her to see the Messiah. As…

  • Remembering those Who Died by Suicide

    September is Suicide Prevention Month and I’ve been working tirelessly with psychology and counseling students at Truett McConnell University to plan activities to raise awareness on campus. We would like to share with you a photo frame where you can add a picture and name of someone who you’d like to remember who died by suicide. When people die from suicide, stigma often keeps those…

  • Help with Nightmares

    Have you ever wondered why you tend to have nightmares related to traumatic events in your life? The stronger the emotional response is to an event, the deeper the memory is embedded in your hippocampus. While you are sleeping, your brain reviews information and sorts and organizes the data. When we experience trauma, we often “stuff” the experience. We try not to think about it,…