Author: Sara Calverly
Beatitude 6: Are We Teaching Our Kids to be Pure in Heart?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation Follow your heart. Sounds like pretty good advice,...
Does Easter Excite You? Does Christ Excite You?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation We Americans sure love our holidays. We spent more than...
The 2026 Flourishing Families Study – Parenting: It’s Not What You Think…
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation Do you find parenting to be like the pretty picture...
Beatitude 5: Are We Teaching Our Kids to be Merciful?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation Can you define mercy? Mercy is a word we often hear,...
Beatitude 4: Are We Teaching Our Kids to Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation We’ve been examining the Beatitudes in our...
Let’s Not Forget About Thanksgiving!
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation Thanksgiving is next week, but many Americans have been...
Beatitude 3: Are We Teaching Our Kids to be Meek?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation When I was a wee student, I used to think dodgeball was...
Beatitude 2: Are We Teaching Our Kids to Mourn?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation When my father-in-law, Fred, passed away in the spring...
Beatitude 1: Are We Teaching Our Kids to be Poor in Spirit?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation If you ask the typical K-12 student what they hope to...
How Can I Be Blessed by God?
Written by Mark Wickersham, ECS Director of Spiritual Formation Everyone wants to be blessed by God. The fact is, we...