Community and Relationships

God had a clear plan for making us physical beings—there’s something more to gathering together than just breathing the same oxygen. 

With sheltering in place and so many world-altering events happening right now, intense, loaded conversations are becoming increasingly common. Yet doing anything else may sound better than talking about something so potentially divisive (any Enneagram 7s or 9s here?). But how will these issues ever be resolved if they aren’t first acknowledged?

I have been thinking a lot about how the pandemic and sheltering in place with families and friends—some healthy and some not so healthy—affects us. Why are some people more resilient while others are struggling so much? What factors are at play here, and how can we all move toward holistic health? 

So what can our community look like in this new season? Scripture outlines key practices that communities of God can engage in, even in our new socially distanced world.

Our lives are being disrupted. We are forced to let go of things that have felt both normal and essential. In all this, God invites us to come to him, to be passionate about our love for him and others.

We are not called to live life alone or in fear. So how do we get ourselves unstuck? Here’s some advice on how to deal with loneliness (both short-term and long-term).

"God gives simple instructions, but they aren't always easy to live out."

Relating to parents when you're an adult can be difficult...especially if they still see you as a child. 

Our number one passion should be Jesus and living for him—when we’re in college, five years out, 40 years out, and for our whole lives.

Should you try online dating? After months of asking myself that same question, I decided to try it out for about half a year. Here are a few things I wish I would have thought about before diving into the quirky complexity that is online dating.