The Be Well Blog

By: Kathy Young Deegan

          “This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.” — Kristin Neff

"Your blood pressure has just dropped danger...

By: Carol Doyel

                  “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” ~Brene Brown

I’ve never considered myself a particularly courageous person. But as I reflect on my life, I see that courage often comes...

By: Marcus Young

“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” - Martin Luther King Jr

During my senior year of high school, I w...

By: Donna Gurule

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.” ~Frederick Buechner

In 1999, my mom was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. Her doctor said she needed har...

By: Donna Lawson

 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others.”– 1 Peter 4:10

Growing up Black in a Christian family, we faced many challenges: racial prejudice, financial struggles, unemployment, lack of...

By Kevin Deegan

“Follow your passion: It will lead you to your purpose.” 

~Oprah Winfrey

I don’t remember exactly how old I was, but I do recall a moment during Mass with my family. We were sitting in the pews, and I had this...

By: Marcus Young

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

One of my earliest memories of being generous happened when I was very young—so young, in fact, that the story comes to me more through the retelling by my pa...

By: Kevin Deegan

“Thanksgiving only becomes thanksliving when joy in the blessings given from above — overflows into the blessings given all around.” ~Ann Voskamp

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, not just for the t...

By: Donna Lawson

“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”

~Henry David Thoreau

As a young woman I can distinctly remember how I used to get up early in the morning and walk barefooted in the morning dew upon the...

By: Be Well Guest Contributor

“While grief can be arduous and painful, it also holds the potential for profound transformation and meaning. Within the realm of grief, we discover wisdom, savor life’s precious moments, tap into our i...

By: Yolanda Miller

“God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.  He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.” ~...

by Pastor Jean Kingery

“What matters is how we lived and loved and how we spend our dash.” 

~Linda Ellis

The well-known poem “The Dash” was written in 1996 by Linda Ellis. In her poem, Ellis reflects on the small dash that co...