For the last six weeks, responsible Christians around the country have forgone their Sunday morning worship services in order to “shelter in place.”  Instead, they’ve found ways to worship at home.  They’ve made this sacrifice in order to be part of a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Admittedly, for many of…

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Shortly after my daughter’s school closed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, her history teacher sent his students an email.  In the email, he advised them that, as a result of the pandemic, they currently are living through a historic period in time.   He was right.  We are. Within the span of six weeks,…

If you are of a certain age, you might remember the occasional interruption we used to have when watching TV.  Unexpectedly, the show would stop, the screen would go blank, and then you would see and hear these words, “This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.  This is only a test.  If this…

We all want to have great relationships with our family members and friends.  But creating great relationships is hard.  If it were easy, there wouldn’t be so many divorces.  There wouldn’t be so many adults who have little to no contact with their parents or their siblings.  And friendships wouldn’t fall apart. The problem is…

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