Well Being Magazine

How to Survive the 2020 Presidential Campaign (without losing your religion)

Wasn’t it just last November when we had the 2018 mid-term elections? So why are we already waist-deep in the 2020 campaign for goodness sake? I don’t know about you, but I can’t imagine another eighteen months of political ads, party pundits and startling revelations. It’s just too much. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it is going to take to get me through it and I’ve hatched a Read more »

A Case for Faith in the Face of Evil

Here we are again in the aftermath of another mass shooting in a house of worship. By the time this issue goes to print, the likelihood is that there will be another. It seems unthinkable that this keeps happening, but the reality is that we now have to worry about being at risk of violence when we are at our most vulnerable, gathered together to practice our faith. It is Read more »

I usually try to focus on pleasant topics for my “Message,” but sometimes it’s more important to give attention to a subject that is so tragic, we don’t want think about it until it’s too late. The truth is, more than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of these cases involved a parent, grandparent or childcare worker who unknowingly left Read more »

Standing up to Bullies

By Lana Turnbull Everywhere we turn there is another news story about the rise in bullying in our schools and online. The problem has gotten so bad that last year, one-third of middle school and high school students said they were bullied. And while the increased incidence of bullying among older students 12 – 18 is more pronounced, elementary school students are certainly not immune to it. We tell our kids to Read more »