As PECO sent crews to repair the various disconnects of the power flow, so God gives pastors the responsibility to build, maintain, inspect and repair the power grid for the vitality and effectiveness of His house of prayer. There is no more significant shepherding goal than making sure our people are well connected to Christ.... By: Stan Gale  

Pauline Boss coined the term “ambiguous loss” and invented a new field within psychology to name the reality that every loss does not hold a promise of anything like resolution. Amid this pandemic, there are so many losses — from deaths that could not be mourned, to the very structure of our days, to a sudden crash of what felt like solid careers and plans and dreams. This conversation is full of practical intelligence for shedding assumptions about how we should be feeling and acting as these ...

Peace Pursuit offers biblical peacemaking resources that are clear, practical and accessible to help resolve interpersonal conflicts.

An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Many parents use the drug and think it's OK for their kids, but "we would rather not mess around with the developing brain," said Dr. Seth Ammerman. The advice comes in a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published in Pediatrics February 2017. By: Associated Press

English Manual and Guideline on World about Coordination and Disaster Management; published on 01 Sep 2003 by People In Aid, Relief Web, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Also available in French and Spanish.