by Rob Genin | Apr 1, 2021 | Birmingham, Blog
The marketplace is always buzzing with activity. It can push us to feel hurried and anxious. It can tempt us to start setting priorities in line with its prevailing values of profit and loss. With these pressures, especially in the past year, we could let them dictate...
by Rob Genin | Feb 18, 2021 | Birmingham, Blog
COVID has accelerated a lot of conversations about how and where we do our work. Since it has been required for many, one of those conversations is working from home vs the office. It absolutely might be more efficient. Whether it is or not may very much depend on the...
by Rob Genin | Jan 7, 2021 | Birmingham, Blog
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” And he went...
by Rob Genin | Nov 12, 2020 | Birmingham, Blog
A Difficult Year for Joy One of the challenges of 2020 is an unrelenting stream of difficult news is constantly at war with our efforts to be hopeful and joyful. A cynical man might almost be afraid to be happy, in case word leaked out and the forces at work this year...
by Rob Genin | Oct 1, 2020 | Birmingham, Blog
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces....
by Rob Genin | Aug 20, 2020 | Birmingham, Blog
What a year we have had. We have run out of adjectives to describe the situation which the pandemic and shutdown have produced. Virtually every aspect of our lives has been touched in this season. There are concerns about health and fears about death. Concerns about...