You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient. Since 2010, Anxiety is up 139% among 18–25-year-olds. Depression is up 145% among girls and 161% among boys. Self-harm emergency room visits are up almost 200% for girls […]
The friendship challenge
It’s dangerous to go alone!” So says the classic line from the video game, “The Legend of Zelda.” The person who says this line gives hero and main character Link a sword with which to continue his quest, as though the sword will be his companion along the way. I wonder if sometimes we as […]
‘But I’m willing to try!’
“We’ve never done it that way… but I’m willing to try it.” This was the response of one of our church’s worship team leaders after I shared a plan to return from the pandemic that would stretch our all-volunteer team to the limits. We were moving from one service to three, two on Sunday morning […]