The Unthinkable Great Walls We Must Walk Through
I was overcome with the assurance that God wanted me to keep moving forward even though Mannard was gone.
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Celebrating in the Midst
Celebration can be an act of worship and an act of hope and perhaps, in a way, an act of joyful rebellion against fear.
The Mirror of Marriage: hope for every family
There is a future awaiting you where the memories of grief will pass.
When it’s So Dark All You Can See is Faith
Faith is the prism we need to see hope when all seems lost, to survive the furnace of suffering, to grow despite the pain.
What Happens When Love Shows Up?
No matter how dim the way ahead, how winding the path, Christ Emmanuel will walk with you.
The Treasures We Find as We Walk the Darkest Journeys
It seems to strike at the very heart of our erroneous belief that if we just do enough for God then He will keep suffering and pain from our door.
When you’re desperate to see the positive in your loss
Maybe the point of loss is to show us that all is actually not lost.
When life cracks your heart: For all the busted & dismembered desperate for hope
I screamed at the heavens, demanding a different answer, a second chance, to go back, to do it over, do it better, but instead I began living a life I didn’t choose.
When the Doctor has Hard News: How to Live & Love
The beauty and completeness of her personhood nullified the value system to which I had subscribed for so long.
The Work of Suffering that Brings Hope
When I finally submitted to the fact that a sovereign, good, and trustworthy God was the one in control, not me, I was set free from the hold that fear and anxiety had on me.
How to have Hope When You’re in the Middle of a Mess
My shame kept me quiet, safe, alone but it also kept me from knowing other broken ones.
Daring to Hope When It’s Not Happy Endings: How to Sing in the Dark
Our pain does not minimize His goodness to us but, in fact, allows us to experience it in a whole new way.
When You Don’t Have It All Together: How to Live a Flourishing Life [For the Day after Independence Day]
A flourishing human existence finds its source of power in God and is demonstrated through a life of love.
If You Want to Change Hard Things in Your Life: Perspective over Comparison
I had no assurance of anything other than the God of heaven, His sovereignty, His fearsome might.
when you just want to find God in the ruins of everyday life
Sometimes it feels as if God has invited Himself into my pain, when I had hoped to be invited into His healing.
