Hallmark Christmas movies seem to come earlier every year. Some love them. Others, not so much. One thing that’s great about these Christmas movies is that they are predictably, inevitably …
LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS: Looking Forward with Hope (YOU-Win’25, Study 1, Session 1)
Hope can take many forms. For children, hope might center on what they’ll open on Christmas Day. As we get older, hope can shift from excitement to expectation and from surprises to survival. Army …
THE GOD WHO RESCUES (YOU-Fall’24, Special Focus Study, Session SF)
People like rescue stories. Perhaps that’s why we flock to theaters to watch movies like Harriet based on the life of Harriet Tubman, a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, and Black Panther, a …
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NAVIGATING FAMILY CONFLICT: Joseph and His Brothers – Family Reconciliation (YOU-Fall’24, Study 2, Session 6)
One of the key points from a recent Psychology Today article about revenge says, “Revengeful thoughts and behavior are a temporary distraction from underlying suffering.” Ironically, it seems that …
NAVIGATING FAMILY CONFLICT: Joseph and His Brothers – Family Jealousy (YOU-Fall’24, Study 2, Session 5)
Jealousy thrives in the world of artists and musicians. One Sun Sentinel article details the heated rivalry between R&B supergroups New Edition and Guy at the 1989 Superfest in Greensboro, NC. New …
NAVIGATING FAMILY CONFLICT: Jacob and Esau – Family Rivalries (YOU-Fall’24, Study 2, Session 4)
The cartoon character, Charlie Brown, once said, “Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.” That statement rings true for Jacob. He lived much of his life as a swindling, con man. Nearly all …