Category: Family

I heard someone recently say to another person, “I don’t have to justify myself to you or to anyone else!” The irony of that statement is that everyone in the world is striving to justify themselves. It is the human predicament....

In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, the Apostle Paul writes, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” In light of the challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic, there are many...

New calendar years are salient moments to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Be curious, but kind in your reflections, and see how God was working even in the midst of challenges and difficulties. “For I know...

Today, in my final weeks as interim president and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, I cannot begin to share all that I have learned about our community, this organization and the “power of philanthropy.” Having...

We recently celebrated one of the biggest holidays of the year. While Thanksgiving is a time for us to be thankful for the blessings we have received, one important part of this holiday is Thanksgiving dinner with family and...

We are all familiar with the domino effect – the theory that one event can create a chain reaction of other events, like one domino falling and causing an entire line of dominoes to fall. COVID-19 has created an environment ripe...

I’m tired and at times I feel like I am on the precipice of being worn out altogether. Things were going along quite swimmingly until the Ides of March decided to roll in with the COVID-19 pandemic. I had recently returned from...