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Christmas Isn’t Canceled

December 31, 2020 By Matthew Chen 1 Comment

Christmas isn’t canceled. The New Year is coming, fresh and frosty.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, coronavirus, hope

Keeping our community: spiritual connection and physical distance

April 15, 2020 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

What do we do when we can’t be together in person? Miriam shares how her youth group stays socially and spiritually connected while physically distant from one another.

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Filed Under: Easter, Health, Prayer Tagged With: connectoin, COVID-19, distance, Easter, God, Jesus, Prayer, social distancing, youth group, Zoom meeting

Low Clearance

March 27, 2019 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

In the fall of 2017, I learned about the American Heart Association’s Heart Mini. The race featured a half marathon, a 15K, 5K race, and 5K walk. I thought to myself, hmmm…. 15K… that seems like a big goal, but doable.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Health, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: race, running, spiritual practice, walking

Life keeps throwing curveballs, my family keeps catching them

March 14, 2018 By Miriam McKenney 8 Comments

How do you talk to your children about death? In particular, how do you talk about your death? When illness strikes, the McKenneys turn to God for strength.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: children, Family, God, health, illness, Jesus, Luke, Prayer, Scripture, teenagers, teens

When life overwhelms, we follow Jesus.

September 6, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

I want my children to remember me as a person who loved them deeply, but who loved herself just as much.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting Tagged With: busy-ness, disciple, health, Jesus, mental health, schedules, self-care, teens, wellness

Shining light in dark places: when your teen mentions suicide

August 23, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 11 Comments

By sharing in our brokenness, we find healing. We find God.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting Tagged With: Broken, community, Family, Forward Movement, God, mental health, Ryan Casey Waller, suicide, teenagers, teens

In case of emergency… create a spiritual toolkit

November 17, 2016 By Miriam McKenney 6 Comments

We have insurance policies, health insurance, spare tires, first aid kits, and AAA. What preparation do we have for when we have a spiritual emergency?

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Health, Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, children, Faith, God, Jesus, parenting, spiritual toolkit, teens

It’s Earth Day. Let’s get dirty.

April 22, 2016 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

In a difficult time, Earth Day reminds us to get ourselves and our kids into the dirt for health and healing.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Creation care, Earth Day, gardening, Prayer

I honor Creation by tending my health

March 4, 2016 By Deborah Royals Leave a Comment

As a child, I was taught to respect all of Creation. My Native American community raised much of our own food.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: discipleship, food, gardening, health, Native American, Prayer

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