Over the past few days, our communities have started to respond to the global COVID-19 or Corona Virus pandemic. We have sports seasons on hold or canceled, travel bans, and a national shortage of toilet paper (really, it’s crazy). As a Pastor, I’ve worked with other church leaders who are leading their churches and communities through this season. Some of my friends are in cities where there are many confirmed cases of COVID-19, some have voluntarily suspended worship servic

The past few weeks led up to a very special moment yesterday, as my wife and I saw our baby for the first time through an ultrasound. There are a lot of questions that are answered with the ultrasound: 1. Are the internal organs developing on schedule (the brain, the heart, the kidneys, etc)? 2. How is the baby growing? Is it growing too fast? Too slow? 3. What is the gender of the child? (if you want to know … and we wanted to know) My family has long had a history of d