Brandi Diamond

Whew - May. This month is for many the most intense month of the year. I've often heard May is the new December; April is the new May. School is getting out. Everything is getting crammed into just a few weeks. Traffic patterns change. Work schedules fluctuate. Vacations are scheduled. It's HOT. If you are feeling under pressure, this month's theme speaks to just that. Psalm 119:143 tells us, "Trouble & pressure have come upon me, but your commandments are my delights." While we are spinning...

Here in Atlanta we are in the full swirls of pollen - and yet - everything is beautiful. If you can handle your allergies long enough to get outside, there are the most gorgeous blossoms everywhere. And yet, the process of blossoming is a challenging one, and it is true for people as well. Over the last month, I have been working backstage trying to make some new technical things work better for our groups. It has taken longer, and been way more frustrating than I could have imagined. Having...

Life has been busy at Sanctuary Groups - and for all our friends as well. March begins the downhill slide through April to the end of school in May, and whether you have kids in school or not it affects us all - from traffic to travel - hold on everyone! And this has been no normal spring [points wildly around to ALL THE THINGS]. Believe me, our group members know first hand how complicated life can be. We see the heartache in our community and our world. As we walk through the darkness of...