A special needs mom’s perspective My husband and I often get the asked “what’s it like to have a special needs child?” Our cursory review for an answer is never fully exhaustive, I mean, how can one go through the details of 22 years living and caring for a very…

Planting Pastors in the new America A Case for Civic Advocacy Training Originally published in Christianity Today 2018 If you’ve been anywhere near the pulse of the evangelical church in America in the last few years, you know that there has been a push to plant more churches. You may…

On January 20, 2021, I wrote these words on a Facebook post after hearing the amazing young woman we have come to know as Amanda Gorman. When she read the words to her inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb” it reminded me that words matter. …

If you don’t know your culture, you’ll hire the wrong fit. By Dr. Elizabeth D. Rios Recently, an article on hiring the ideal candidate for a job mentioned that those doing the hiring in a company should take into account the culture of the organization. I’ve worked many years (as…

Why Celebrating Some Organizations Hampers the Forward Progress of Women in Church Planting Don’t Clap So Fast: Why Celebrating Certain Organizations Hampers the Forward Progress of Women in Church Planting On June 8, 2021, Christianity Today posted an article that centered on how women are central to church planting movements. …

The faith-based choice for president is the one who extends empathy to everyone across Florida. Empathy, after all, is the value that Jesus lived and breathed. He saw throngs of people in his travels and “had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless.” …

I have been home since March 13, 2020, a few days before the government called for “sheltering in place” nationwide. That is a total of eight weeks (two months). On certain days, I wake up with anxiety or a terrible, heavy-breathing spirit of depression that wants to attach itself to…