I am a helicopter parent (and I am), I didn’t get it from my own mom. Chalk it up to raising kids in a simpler time, but my mom doesn’t suffer from my tendency to hover. Instead, she chose her moments carefully. In fact, she’s the one who taught me that principle after a contentious […]
Meredith Flynn
Spectators or participants?
My church is in a season of refocusing on prayer. Every Sunday before the sermon, we break into small groups and pray together. One of the goals of this emphasis, our pastor has said, is to move from being spectators of prayer to participants in it. Last season, the football team I have followed and […]
In praise of a true team player
The last time I saw Thurman Stewart was at the IBSA Annual Meeting last fall. He and his wife, Carol, were there as part of the contingent of volunteers who serve every year, dressed in their yellow Disaster Relief garb caring for the children of Illinois Baptists who come to the meeting. Thurman died Dec. […]
Breaking the fourth wall
A recent study by Barna had good news and bad news for increasingly polarized Americans. More than 90% of U.S. adults say they welcome different ways of thinking about important topics. But 51% also say their ideas are usually better than other people’s ideas, up from 31% who said so in 2015. And 36% say […]
The force is with us
Our family’s recent Covid quarantine finally provided my husband an opportunity to introduce our daughters to Star Wars. Over several days, they dug into the space saga until we were all well-steeped in the story of good versus evil. A few days later, we were rushing around the house scrambling to leave for a much-needed […]
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