Today is the National Day of Prayer.  Each year, people gather across our nation in over 60,000 local community events to pray together for America. Join us tonight at 6:00 PM for a Facebook Livestream event, praying along with the Marysville Area pastors. Join us at this link: facebook.com/HopeCenterOhio. By focusing on using digital platforms, this […]

Last night at the Leadership Community Zoom meeting, Pastor Conrad asked us all what God has been doing in us during this season of isolation.  I’d like to take a moment to talk about something that God has been doing in me (and many other church leaders).  This period has been difficult for me in […]

I’d like to talk to all of you about mental health today.  We are living through an unprecedented time that has required us to isolate ourselves from the greater community.  Because of this, our brains and bodies are also trying to adjust to a completely new way of life and mentally we are grieving the […]

Get ready for grays, because according to Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillan the next thing that the shelves are going to run out of is hair color.  With no one to cut and color their hair, people the world over are doing it themselves leading to a massive surge in sales of hair cutting scissors, trimmers, […]

Week three, and I think I’m getting the hang of social isolation.  I’ve got my routine set-up: get up in the morning, get dressed, take the dog out, drink some caffeine.  Sit down to work, maybe have a Zoom conference of some sort or other.  End the day, help William with school.  Make dinner.  Knit […]

Last week, I read something that blew my mind.  The contestants on Big Brother Germany did not know about the global pandemic and producers weren’t going to tell them about it.  Can you imagine leaving the isolation of the Big Brother house to be met by people in haz mat suits only to be told […]