Has this year brought your faith into question? With all that is going on in our world, I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m sure that we can all agree that we’ve seen better days. Between what feels like the never-ending pandemic, racial tension, political climate, failing economy, and all the uncertainty, it can be a fight to keep the faith and hope alive.

We all have a need for security. If you’re familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, you know that this is an essential need. We all desire to have some sort of job or financial security that gives us a sense of safety and assurance. However, we may experience seasons when that security is potentially threatened.

Every now and then, I find myself wishing that life could just "go back to normal.” You know, life pre-pandemic? Where we could hug friends and family without consideration for social distance, shop and travel mask-free, and everyday life and work just seemed a little less heavy.

Resilience is a skill that we will all have an opportunity to develop at some point in time. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), resilience is defined as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress.”