Beloved, We are hastily coming to the end of the second month of 2021. COVID-19 is still with us. And, because you are reading this email, we are still here together. Praise God! I would imagine all of us have been worried about one thing or another during this time in the bucket areas of our life - health, wealth and relationships. I know I have. And, in my worrying, I have found that, through the passage of time, my worrying only accomplished one thing. Instead o

Beloved, We are at the middle of the second month of this year, still living in the midst of a global pandemic that has disrupted our lives in historic fashion. It is easy to dwell on the sickness and death that is all around us. It is easy to dwell on the economic challenges that continue to plague us. It is easy to dwell on the lack of physical connection and presence that separates us. That is easy to do with what the world has made available to us. BUT, when you ga

Beloved, As I sit down to type out these words to you, I recognize that we are almost a year into the disruption of our lives associated with Covid-19. Some of our, likely taken for granted, freedoms of normality are gradually being restored as vaccine availability becomes more widespread. I encourage you to be prayerful in your decisions regarding vaccinations and do know that my intention is to get vaccinated when it becomes available. I am trusting that the vaccines are