Apr 27, 2020 | Blog, Resources
by Sara Littlejohn, MAC Counselor, BCTM-East MS It was eleven o’clock on a school night and my 7th grade daughter sat on the edge of my bed sobbing, “It is all just too much!” We were on day two of distance learning and day 20 of social distancing. I crawled up...
Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, Resources
What hope do we have during this season of upheaval and uncertainty? Where is peace found when our normal sources of security – family, friends, money, jobs – are up in the air? The coffee shop barista who has lost a job, the high school senior who will...
Mar 8, 2019 | Blog, Resources
Responding to a Child’s SinWhen your child sins, how do you respond? Does your response invite and move them toward the God of grace? Or does your response unintentionally push your child in another direction, creating distance in their relationship with you and...
Dec 16, 2018 | Blog, Resources
“Daddy, how can I possibly wait so long to open my Christmas presents?”This was my four-year-old son’s question to me at 6:15 this morning, just a few minutes after he had gotten out of bed. He said it as he stared across the living room at two presents...
Oct 29, 2018 | Blog, Resources
The classic tombstone epitaph is R.I.P., or Rest in Peace. Is that how you see death as you approach it? Or as someone you love approaches it? Do you look forward to it with a sense of rest or peace for what’s ahead? Or the opposite, a sense of despair and...
Aug 8, 2018 | Blog, Resources
What is Trust? Trust is at the heart of all of our relationships, whether human or divine. There is no such thing as a healthy relationship without it. But trust can be hard to define. Its presence or absence is often felt, but...
