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...
by Barrett Owen | Mar 30, 2020 | Opinion
We are in our third week of social distancing, and things are getting worse. Last Monday in Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam announced schools would not reopen. While this is the right decision, it is an absolute blow to our collective consciousness that spirals us even...
