by Rebekah Gordon | Oct 25, 2021 | News
The job of a ministry is heavy and complex. Caring for the grieving, offering marital advice, praying for the worried and anxious is challenging. Toss a global pandemic in the mix and things get even more stressful and overwhelming. The pandemic has caused widespread...
by Rebekah Gordon | Nov 24, 2020 | Opinion
Shifting through boxes in my over-cluttered garage, I found a bag filled with old clothes. At a stranger’s glance, the bag would be ordinary and disposable, but I knew it as something else. As I peeked inside, I saw the contents of the bag my mom took with her to the...
by Rebekah Gordon | Sep 4, 2020 | Opinion
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both men of professed religious faith, which showed at this year’s national conventions. While the theme of religion was woven deeply into both party platforms, the similarities began and ended at the cliché of “God Bless America.” The...
by Rebekah Gordon | May 20, 2020 | Opinion
A little condescending, yet precisely accurate. That’s how I feel about “emerging adulthood,” a new term used by researchers and psychologists to describe a new stage in life between adolescence and adulthood. People in “emerging adulthood” have left adolescence but...
by Rebekah Gordon | Jan 22, 2020 | Opinion
An article suggested that mental health was moving to the forefront of workplace benefits that employees would be looking for. The younger generation is looking for companies that prioritize their mental health and create space to discuss it. As the stigma on mental...