Photo by Dhivakaran S on Pexels.com This week is the one year anniversary of our collective lives changing due to COVID-19. Even if your congregation is meeting in-person, likely it does not look the same as it did in February of 2020... not to mention the other ways our lives have changed. What follows is... Continue Reading →
Those moments of hugs and happy tears and celebration are not the end of the story. Yes, reunions are almost always joyful, but the day-to-day and week-to-week reintegration… is often rather different, and just-as-often kept quiet.
Tomorrow marks my third anniversary as the Senior Minister of Rolling Oaks Christian Church… which makes it devastatingly fitting to share this news today… Dear ROCC Community & Friends,It is with heavy hearts yet hopeful spirits that we share the news that April 4, 2021 - Easter Sunday - will be the final service for... Continue Reading →
Many things are out of our control, which makes getting a handle on the things we can control that much more important. Parenting isn't just about making sure our kids show up to school every day; parenting is about helping them learn to navigate change, guiding them through whatever life throws at them. The older they get, the more hands-off we are, though we're always available to talk things through. As a family, we approach every transition as an opportunity for growth... that doesn't mean we like it, but if we can't change it, we'll absolutely make the best of it.
Planning even with a cloud is an act of hope, an act of resurrection, an act of resistance. Sure, things might need to change, but we look ahead anyway. How can we not?
Here's the thing with quantity time... the more of it we have, the easier it is to forget to engage in quality time.
Sure, the song in this video is out of season, and sure, it’s several years old now. But I love it so much because for EVERY ONE of these lines, I either have my own story or have heard one from a good friend. She nails it.
If you just read that and thought, "Oh, that doesn't apply to me"... it does.
Whatever you're feeling - anxious, scared, uncertain, angry, etc - the kids probably are too. What would it be like to tell them what you're feeling and ask what they are feeling?
This one's rough. It's hard. There are no two ways about it.
Sara Nave Fisher 