Real-Life Reflections and Thoughts

Some days, even one unexpected phone call or email can leave us feeling emotionally drained. In this reflection, Dianne explores what it means to have our emotional bandwidth overdrawn, how to recognize when we're running low, and why making time for prayer and rest matters.

Kindness never goes out of style. What if we chose to be the kind of person who encourages others, listens more, gives freely, and responds with kindness just because?

After 26 years of marriage, I’ve learned that lasting love is built through simple daily choices: putting each other first, staying together through difficult seasons, speaking words of love and forgiveness, and cherishing the little things.

Grief isn't about constantly staying strong—or constantly staying in sorrow. Discover how working through grief includes both processing painful emotions and allowing yourself moments of rest, hope, and healing through a compassionate, faith-filled perspective.

I grew up in the era of Mr. Rodgers. Maybe you remember him. The guy that wore a comf ortable cardigan and tennis shoes on public television. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister, Mr. Rodgers chose to make his ministry a television show. He wanted to help share and show the little of people just how to treat each other. Each week, he took real life examples and problem solved them with the characters on his show.