ENCOURAGE - EQUIP - EMPOWER
IT STARTS HERE.
I went out to my car to drive to preschool drop off and then work. I entered the car, pressed the start button, and hear, “chu chu chu.” That’s strange. I tried again. “Chu chu chu.” Seriously?! I have places to be! Come on God, help me out here! Never mind, I’ll figure this out on my own. Maybe I need a jump?
Out my kitchen window lies a beautiful meadow and a pond. It is quite peaceful to look upon, but it is rarely quiet. Geese fly in and out, honking loudly. Predator birds are mobbed by screeching smaller birds. As I write, a rooster crows far in the distance. Mourning doves coo softly and songbirds trill, whistle and cheep.
It’s June and the beginning of summer is right around the corner. We see early spring wildflowers stop blooming, trees expanding, and the focus is slowly turning to summer vegetation. I don’t have a lot of experience gardening, but I am very interested and have even taken a class here and there to have somewhere to start when I have my own home. Something I learned recently …
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I may be a person who struggles with mental illness. You may be, too; or you may be a person who loves someone who struggles in this way… If I’m not careful, I can start to live as though ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc. are not just the result of living with a brain that feels the effects of a fallen world, but an unshakeable part of who I am. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
While often churches commemorate it as the introduction of communion, or the Lord’s Supper, the word maundy is a direct reference to the feet washing Jesus performed. As we ponder Maundy Thursday this year, may we look again at Jesus and his mandate for us: love and service. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
