Race Among Friends: An Interview with Lauren McAfee and Asha McCoy

Race Among Friends: An Interview with Lauren McAfee and Asha McCoy

How should we talk about race, even with friends whose ethnicity is different from our own? To get some much needed insight, we interviewed close friends Lauren McAfee (fair-skinned, fiery redhead) and Asha McCoy (mocha-skinned delight).

New Year, New Normal

New Year, New Normal

I feel like a broken record, but when Covid-19 impacted our world last March, I wasn’t prepared to still be talking about it almost a year later. At least the first several months of 2021 will be touched by safety measures, vaccinations, and other things that have become a “new normal”. What if we looked for hard-won treasures in a hard-lived year that we could adopt as part of our new normal?

How Will You Read the Bible in 2021?

How Will You Read the Bible in 2021?

Sometimes, what sounds like a good idea is actually divine inspiration. I honestly didn’t want to join our church’s “Read Through the Bible in 1 Year” plan. I prefer reading shorter amounts and spending more time focusing on them, but I wanted to support what the church was doing and I believe in the value of reading through Scripture.

Manage the Heavy with Hope

Manage the Heavy with Hope

We have so much information at our fingertips that it is overwhelming. It is hard for me to think this is best for our mental health to have access to all the devastation, all at once, at any given time. It is difficult to stay grounded in Truth when we are bombarded with constant news of destruction, pain, loss, etc.