by Andrew Wood | Jul 3, 2024 | Churches Blog
Cutting Through Complexity In the vast and varied landscape of church work, pregnancy center outreach, and Christian service, it’s easy to overcomplicate our objectives. Often, we find ourselves trapped in analysis paralysis, where overthinking leads to inaction. I...
by Andrew Wood | May 23, 2024 | Churches Blog
Misdirected Anger In today’s world, as we witness the unfolding of moral decay and societal divisions, it’s natural to feel anger and dismay. Often, my initial reaction is to direct these emotions towards the individuals who propagate harmful actions and...
by Andrew Wood | Apr 16, 2024 | Churches Blog
Recently, an article highlighted a heart-wrenching scenario of women alone in bathrooms, performing self-induced abortions. Transparently, my gut response to this type of reporting is usually anger followed by more anger coupled with a deep sadness as the author of...
by Andrew Wood | Mar 22, 2024 | Churches Blog
I have spent a lot of time thinking about, writing about, and speaking about life and abortion. This is often done in a favorable or agreeable context, but there have been moments where I was told to lay off the hot-button issues. It is usually framed to me like this;...
by Andrew Wood | Feb 15, 2024 | Churches Blog
My wife and I recently welcomed our fifth child to the family back on January 10th. The birth of a child, especially one of your own, forces one to do some deep thinking. I think about the time I have left and what I want to pass on to the next generation. I find...
by Jill Marquis | Jan 17, 2024 | Churches Blog
As we enter into another Sanctity of Human Life (SOHL) Sunday, I wanted to offer you a couple of opportunities that might help you better serve those sitting in your pews this week. SOHL week always brings about a great deal of emotions for a host of reasons, but a...