Brokenness is More Dire Than You Knew
Loss delivered grief to my doorstep. Grief, though uninvited, entered my storyline. Brokenness is like an unwelcomed yet ever-present guest. Painful loss forced me to come face-to-face with the effects…
Taking Your Thoughts Captive: The Antidote to Stinking Thinking
“Left unattended, our brains can be dangerous places!” Boyd Bailey, The Spiritual Life of a Leader Early in grief, I wrote about confused thinking. My perceptions and thoughts were warped…
How Plentiful Redemption Speaks Directly to the Fog of Loss
“...with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.” Psalm 130:7 I have come face-to-face with the meanings of the words sufficient, new, and surpassing.…
No Shadow of Turning in Any of Life’s Circumstances
“...the richest and deepest and most profitable experiences we had in this world were those which were gained in the very roads from which we shrink back with dread.” Theodore…
How Steadfastness is Born Out of Our Trials and His Inexhaustible Love
To be steadfast is to be like God. I now know it more completely than at any other time in my life. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you…
Kim’s Very Good and Helpful Bad Habit
Kim was a prolific reader. Perhaps that’s why she was such a good writer—or so I’m told. One memory I vividly picture in my mind has her sitting on the…
Our Near and Busy Christ
This title may seem strange. And I agree. So, bear with me. Reading a book about Christ, I was enthralled at the idea of Jesus as our advocate. My heart…
Dancing the Freestyle Dance of Grief
When I was in junior high, my physical education class included a foray into lessons on dancing. Early teenage years for boys and girls—combined with dancing—create awkward, uncomfortable situations. It’s…
Facing Loss in Light of the Whole Armor of God
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God...” Ephesians 6:10-11 My friend, Zane Pratt, preached from Ephesians 6…
It is Appropriate to Lament Our Current Former Things
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore…” Revelation 21:4 Revelation 21:4 is…