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Today in a staff meeting, our SLU Executive Director, Emily Pigott, lead a devotion with our team. During that time, she shared a story about when her family was recently putting up Christmas decorations around the house. One of the Christmas traditions in the Pigott household is for her husband Gene and their two boys, […]

Admittedly, the Christmas season is my favorite time of the year! The yearly big debate in my house is how early can we put up the Christmas Tree!! I love riding around with my family looking at all the shops, malls, and neighborhoods lit up with flickering lights, moving Christmas inflatables, and colorful decorations! It […]

In these challenging days, we sometimes find ourselves with a confused and divided soul. When this occurs, I take a deep breath and remember that the sacred Scriptures are a story of sacred love, made complete through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.  This love is broad enough to cover every sorrow, every disappointment, and deep […]

With all of the uncertainty still going on in the world today, I wanted to take a moment and remind each one of us that God is still God, and we’re made for this moment! Throughout scripture, God reminds us that nothing catches Him off guard, and He is always in control. One of my […]

As our students go back to school –virtual, home school or classroom – we need to get back to prayer. It would be redundant for me to remind you of the unprecedented challenges they will face.  In Luke 22, we see Jesus stepping aside from the intimate group to have a one on one with Peter.  “Simon, Simon! […]

For the past few weeks, we have walked through the D.I.S.C. personality assessment tool. D.I.S.C is a tool used to measure your personality and behavior style. As we’ve discussed, this particular assessment focuses on specific traits and behaviors of individuals. It does not measure intelligence, aptitude, mental health, or values. The primary purpose of the […]

Getting to Know You – Part 2 Dominant and Influential Personalities    Last week we introduced you to the D.I.S.C. personality assessment tool. D.I.S.C is a tool used to measure your personality and behavior style. As we discussed, this particular personality assessment focuses on specific traits and behaviors of individuals. It does not measure intelligence, […]

Getting to Know You – Part 1 “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” – Aristotle.    Have you ever asked the questions? Why do I do act the way I do?Why do certain friends respond the way they do? If you have ever wondered why you or anyone else behaves in a particular manner, you […]

Like many of the people throughout Scripture, all too often I settle for much less than what God intended. It’s no wonder the Apostle Paul knelt down to pray desperately for the Christians in Ephesus to be “filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” We all want to be filled and we all […]

Have you ever gotten a wake up call while staying at a hotel? These calls tend to be jarring because hotel phones, for whatever reason, tend to be loud. They are necessary, but often unwelcome…especially to deep sleepers. Consider this post a wake up call for youth ministry. My prayer is that the jarring (but […]