Search Results resiliency Faith • Health • Mental Health • Relationships Mar 31, 2026 Vulnerable, Not Fragile The more vulnerable you are, the less fragile you will become. The alarm went off at 4:15 AM. Outside, I could hear what sounded like torrential rain, with sporadic gusts […] Full Article Faith • Parenting Feb 21, 2022 All Things New by Erin McCole Cupp “Truth outlasts moments. Truth showed me that when I stood up to that one moment of abuse, I was setting a boundary that I, as a unique and precious child […] Full Article Parenting Feb 14, 2022 Culture of Me; Cultivation of We In 2016, one of the leading empathy researchers in the world, Dr. Michelle Borba, published a book entitled “Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.” The book opened […] Full Article Health Aug 14, 2020 We Can Do This As the COVID-19 pandemic roles on, and anxiety increases about what the fall semester will look like for school, what the economic outlook will be, and just how healthy we […] Full Article Health • Nature May 8, 2020 Who Me? Yes You! On December 26th, 2018, Colin O’Brady became the first person in history to cross the Antarctica continent solo, unaided by wind, and unsupported in any way. Through 932 miles, he […] Full Article Family • Health May 8, 2020 The Scourge of Suicide A few months ago, I got the news that an extended family member had died by suicide. As someone whose family had been blessed to not experience this during my […] Full Article Health May 8, 2020 Painful Lessons of Healing “Not all pain is significant.” – Scott Jurek It was a cool, rainy Friday night. Rob and I had walked back to Amy’s parent’s house so we could get the […] Full Article Faith May 8, 2020 Learning from Struggles “The greatest battles we fight are the ones within us.” Recently, I attended a Global Leadership Summit, where I heard Erwin McManus, cancer survivor and author of a recent book, […] Full Article Health May 8, 2020 Branches of Stories On the southwest corner of the medical campus next to where I work, there stand four stately oaks, like sentinels watching over the land nearby. They make up much of […] Full Article All Articles