Infertility is a difficult burden. One in eight couples struggle with conceiving a child and one in four couples experience miscarriage. Grief, loss, depression, and relationship challenges often accompany infertility, but you should know that you are not alone. Kyle and Cassaundra have experienced this pain first-hand and will be offering an Infertility & … [Read more...]
Anxiously Depressed Crashes & The Truth About Death
The weighted blanket was meant to be a solution. I am the kind that falls asleep right when my head hits the pillow. I am the kind that wakes up to find that I am in the very same spot I was in when I fell asleep. I am a candidate for how quickly REM comes. I dream long. I dream vividly. I dream in living colors. I will wake up from a dream and fall back asleep to … [Read more...]
Bring Out the Good Stuff this Easter
I’m going to say it: Easter is the worst holiday. Let’s be honest, after the month of Christmas cheer, carols, movie marathons, and family traditions; kids in Harford County are then given a day of presents and awesome food. What can beat that? Christmas scores way higher on the list of things any Marylander would like to take part in. But here’s the thing, you don’t … [Read more...]
The Family Tree: What is Your Life?
What is your life? It is the age-old existential question. Now, I’m not asking you exactly why you exist or how you came to be, but what is your life? Where do you fit in to what is occurring in time, your town, your family, your church or other organization? I would think the answer is often a head scratcher. Do you understand how you fit in? I assure you that you do … [Read more...]
The History of Easter: What’s the Big Deal?
Why is the history of Easter such a big deal to Christians? Even if Jesus did get raised from the dead, so what? How does that have any impact on us two thousand years later? How could the apostle Paul write, "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most … [Read more...]
Men’s Bible Study Group offers Community in Harford County MD
It is important for me, personally, to soak in the encouragement that is in Scripture through community because I can’t do it on my own! One of the ways I get this spiritual nourishment is by participating in a Christian men’s Bible study group at Cornerstone Community Church in Joppa, Maryland. Before COVID-19, we met at Panera Bread in Abingdon, Maryland, but now we … [Read more...]
The Value of Women’s Bible Study
Work. It’s such a huge part of our lives, and the people we work with often become some of our dearest friends and closest confidants. I’ve worked on different units and in different hospitals over the last 15 years in both Harford and Baltimore counties, but it wasn’t until I landed in my dream job in labor and delivery that I found a group of nurses that I really … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day and the Love of God
The end of winter is in sight, Instagram is filled with overly sentimental captions, and it's impossible to find a dinner reservation at any place fancier than a McDonald's. Valentine's Day is a time of greatly mixed emotions. Some love the chance to celebrate their thriving marriage, others are reminded that the spark is gone. Some think that the sentimentality is … [Read more...]
Breakaway: A Youth Group in Pursuit of Christlikeness
What comes to your mind when you think of a youth group? Wild and crazy games to keep teens engaged? Maybe you envision a parental date night free of molding the modern-day adolescent? Maybe you just want your teen to have positive role models and to grow in their love for Jesus. What does your teen want? Eh, probably “to not to”.1 Duh. Unless you have the very … [Read more...]
Game Night at the Dillman’s
“Can I put a Meeple on that?” “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain” (spoken in a British accent) PIT! PIT! PIT! “Jim, it’s your turn.” “I brought snacks!! Where do I put them?” Welcome to Second Saturday game night. A monthly gathering that meets at the Dillman’s house in Fallston, MD from 6 pm to 9 pm on the second Saturday of each month. (post-pandemic) … [Read more...]