by Karen Merry | Sep 8, 2020 | Give Me Strength!
Dr. B. Howard (Howie) Stevenson was the much-loved Pastor of Worship and Arts at the Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton in Southern California for decades. Every Sunday, Howie led the choir, orchestra, and congregation into beautiful moments of deep and thoughtful...
by Karen Merry | Sep 4, 2020 | Give Me Strength!
As so many kids have now gone back to school via virtual learning, I imagine this “give me strength” prayer has burst forth from many a parental lip. Unless someone is an experienced homeschooler or knows the ins-and-outs of distance learning, this prayer is most...
by Karen Merry | Apr 30, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
I am not a quantum physicist. No shock there. But many years ago, as I watched a Discovery show on quantum physics and heard the phrase empty is not nothing; it is always something, I thought, “Yes, that’s truth!” Even without understanding a thing about quantum...
by Karen Merry | Apr 29, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
What are you missing in this COVID-19 time of curfews and restrictions? A graduation? Wedding? Funeral? Prom? A paycheck? Relationships? A scheduled vacation? It’s easy to think about missing the things we had as routine parts of our life. Or joyful events that we...
by Karen Merry | Apr 28, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
In a recent article on creativity during times of crisis, Bas Korsten (Global Chief Creative Officer at Wunderman Thompson) stated: “Human creativity is built on our brain’s diffuse attention, inefficiency and lack of focus and can actually help get us out of this...
