Heartbreak. Profound disappointment. Resentment and anger. Frustration. You get the idea. I’ve been looking for the best in humanity and in our nation through this pandemic crisis, and I have not found it. I believed that if any crisis could unite us, it would be a pandemic. We’d obviously band together and do whatever itContinue reading “If anything could unite us …”
Author Archives: Betsycopps
Good bye … or see you soon
Last weekend brought news of two people in our circle whose earthly lives ended: one due to a lost battle with addiction, and one due to a lost battle with cancer. Both had professed faith in Christ, but the pain exhibited by their loved ones was real – and raw. We arrived at the funeralContinue reading “Good bye … or see you soon”
Make It Stop!
Ever feel like you’re running inside the hamster wheel? That’s the month of April at my workplace, in a nutshell. Lots of reports, audits, and meetings. As my retirement years draw much closer I think about how I envisioned gradually scaling back and easing into that transition. Reality’s quite different. Work runs 100 miles –Continue reading “Make It Stop!”
That Changes Everything
Our pastor did something different during her Easter message. She shared a series of statements and invited us all to conclude those statements with, “But Jesus is alive, and that changes everything.” I’m going to take this statement with me when I go to work tomorrow. I’ll take it along next time I’m driving toContinue reading “That Changes Everything”
Uprooted
Uprooted. This word jumped out to me while hubby and I were on our weekly chat with other Christian bloggers Saturday morning. Our lovely friend Hannah described a large tree she discovered while taking a walk. It had fallen over; it hadn’t cracked or broken, but had been completely uprooted. When she showed us aContinue reading “Uprooted”
This week’s challenge
Creating a video annual report for work. Due to COVID our annual meeting must take place online, so the annual report presentation must also be in video form. After an estimated 35 hours on the draft video, I found the sweet spot – the right mix of images, color, statistics and audio. Unfortunately, we stillContinue reading “This week’s challenge”
This made me smile
Strawberry yogurt! A new employee is joining my team on April 5. She’s from the program side of our agency and is coming over to the “dark side” of corporate services. While interviewing, I asked her, “What pushes you over the edge?” If she had said, “nothing,” that would have been a red flag; weContinue reading “This made me smile”
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