Posts in Adversity
Rise Up...Winter is Past

John Wesley White, who was born in Canada, recalls a horrible winter from his boyhood.  “I saw the snow blizzards bury a mile-long freight train for 33 days.  My father came in out of the cold one deep-freeze morning and announced that the temperature was 51 below zero. 

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AdversityFrank Crosby
Envy – Jealousy

These two words, envy and jealousy, can destroy us if we allow them to. Envy and jealousy are often used interchangeably, but there is a slight difference in their meaning, even though they come from the same Hebrew word.

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AdversityFrank Crosby
Blessed or Stressed?

Well, we’ve arrived at the Christmas season again. Some of you have already braved the lines during Black Friday, and some of you have already begun some of your Christmas traditions. I want to challenge you to really examine and reflect on what these next few days could look like for your family.

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Stress, AdversityNick Braschler
Simple, But Not Easy

I was at the Home Office on Friday and Miss Karen pulled me aside and was so excited to share something with me and maybe use it for a blog post someday. She spoke about a phrase that has been a theme for her week, “Simple, but not easy.”

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