According to recent studies “festive stress” is real and it’s here. New research has revealed that 31 percent of Americans describe the holiday season as “frantic.” Lonely people and those suffering from grief also dread the holiday season more than any other time of...[more]

According to a 2018 study sponsored by the global insurer company Cigna, young people between the ages of 18-22 are far more likely than senior citizens to report being lonely and in poor health. The prevalence of social isolation among those ages 18 to 22 raises even more concern because...[more]

Some of us love the darkness of a sky-filled night where there is no artificial light to be seen and we can gaze into the heavens and behold God’s invisible attributes. Others are afraid of the dark but most of us find our deepest struggles are only magnified in the darkness and terror of the...[more]

For many years, I struggled as my children were young and growing up, to be involved as a volunteer in any type of children’s ministry. It wasn’t that I did not like children.  I simply reasoned it was hard enough raising my own family, I worked long hours and traveled and did not...[more]