by Raul Balandrano | May 24, 2021 | Opinion
Be honest. When was the last time you remember taking the day off? There will always be something to do, whether today, tomorrow or the day after that. The list of tasks to do, people to call and places to go in a day are endless. But when will we learn to stop?...
by James Gordon | Oct 27, 2020 | Opinion
We’ve all had to find our own ways of coping with a restricted way of life while we co-exist with COVID-19. Apparently, lots of folk have been tuning in to Bob Ross, the American painter, instructor and television host on his own program, The Joy of Painting. It helps...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | Aug 31, 2020 | Opinion
“I have anxiety fatigue,” a clergy colleague commented with exhaustion in her voice. Everyone else in the Zoom meeting immediately identified, and stories of what was happening personally and professionally came spilling out. Threaded through it all was a despair over...
by Barry Howard | Apr 6, 2020 | Opinion
Long before we knew concerns related to the COVID-19 virus would shift churches from in-person gatherings to online communities, those serving in the clergy and other caring vocations were considered more at risk for burnout and depression than other professions....
by Jessica McDougald | Apr 2, 2020 | Opinion
I have always found myself fascinated by Sabbath. Not just your average Sunday kind of Sabbath. When I was little, I thought Sabbath was just another name for Sunday, when church-going folk went to church and came home to cut the grass, and not-church-going folk slept...
