2020: What We Learned and Why It Matters

by Kirk Walden, originally published 12/31/2020 on PregnancyHelpNews.com
As we reach the end of what we can judiciously call an “interesting” year, we can choose one of two options.

One option? Simply thank God 2020 is almost over and pray 2021 is better for all of us. 

Option two? Let’s value what we learned in 2020 and apply every lesson toward a breakout year in 2021.

Let’s choose the second option, because we may look back on 2020—tremendously challenging and even tragic for many of us—and find we learned new ways to grow and build our organizations and ministries.  

Let’s consider three ways: 

1) We learned to re-imagine 
This term caught fire with me when the leadership at Heartbeat International was forced to rethink our conference in April, moving from an in-person event in Seattle to a virtual, world-wide conference. In less than two weeks, I watched a looming disaster turn into an amazing opportunity to pull the pregnancy help community together. 

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