• child playing with broom

    Easier and Better

    I go in and out of phases where I enjoy reading parenting books. I’m back in one and I’ve come across author Abbie Halberstadt, a Christian mother of 10 kiddos who has written several books. One of her books that caught my eye that I’ve read through is Hard is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift that Could Change the Way You Mother. Now, if you’re not a mom, stick with me…

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  • Growing Hope at Bethlehem 

    A Sunday farmers market at Bethlehem Covenant Church (BCC) in Waverly, Nebraska, is helping families around the world put food on their own tables.  BCC held its third annual farmers market Aug. 2, raising $2,000 for Growing Hope Globally. Church and community members contributed homegrown produce, baked goods, jams, sauces, flowers, artwork and other creations to sell after worship.  The market began in 2024 after the congregation learned about Growing Hope Globally and hosted a guest from…

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  • exciting bicycle race in mersin turkiye

    Le Tour De France 2026

    Another Tour De France has come and gone. For the past several years, I’ve enjoyed watching this race, and this year came with much anticipation. Tadej Pogacar is a once-in-a-lifetime rider to watch. Having really dug into watching cycling just a few years ago, I don’t really know racing without him. Because of that, it’s sometimes hard to really appreciate just how incredible he is. But I’m often reminded of his dominance because he is…

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  • hourglass

    Time

    I’m reading Beautiful Chaos by Jessica Urlichs, and her poem “I Would Tell Her” is about things she would tell herself in her early days of motherhood. What struck me most about this poem is how it ends. Urlichs says: Only I won’t tell her these things, because she will forget, like we all do, so that we can discover them for ourselves, as we’re meant to Reading this book coincided with one of the…

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  • the churei to at the arakurayama sengen park

    God Still Sends 

    What does it look like to say yes to God?  Sometimes it means crossing the street.  Sometimes it means crossing an ocean.  This summer at Gather, the Evangelical Covenant Church commissioned Reagan Smith as Serve Globally personnel to Japan. While her destination is on the other side of the world, her story began much closer to home – at First Covenant Church in Salina, Kan.  Reagan traces her calling back to a youth mission trip when she…

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