I do my best to take each day as it comes, doing whatever I can without assuming that however I feel on a given day is a durable condition.
Christmas Isn’t Canceled
Christmas isn’t canceled. The New Year is coming, fresh and frosty.
Keeping our community: spiritual connection and physical distance
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.
Low Clearance
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.
Life keeps throwing curveballs, my family keeps catching them
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.
When life overwhelms, we follow Jesus.
I want my children to remember me as a person who loved them deeply, but who loved herself just as much.
Shining light in dark places: when your teen mentions suicide
By sharing in our brokenness, we find healing. We find God.
In case of emergency… create a spiritual toolkit
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?
It’s Earth Day. Let’s get dirty.
In a difficult time, Earth Day reminds us to get ourselves and our kids into the dirt for health and healing.
I honor Creation by tending my health
As a child, I was taught to respect all of Creation. My Native American community raised much of our own food.