I suppose most would rather not think about death and loss at this time of year, but for the valley-walker, there is no escaping reality. Mistletoe mocks. Once-tinseled trees lay […]
Christmas / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Holidays / hope / Waiting
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Hope Has Come: Advent
I can think of nothing that threatens my hope more than the silence of God—endless waiting with not so much as a whisper from the One on whom my expectation […]
Christmas / Grief / Grief Support / Holidays
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The Wonder of Angels:(for the first Sunday of Advent)
Before the beginning of time and space, they’d seen His ways, felt His gaze.At the dawn of creation, they sang His praise:Ancient of Days They humbly served at His beck […]
faith / Grief / Grief Support / Thanksgiving / Widowhood
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What Does it Mean to be Blessed?
Are we really blessed? In our culture, we tend to think of blessings as: But Jesus said, blessed are: Those last 5 are not exactly blessings I would choose. But […]
faith / Grief / Grief Support / Thanksgiving
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Thankful for Grief
I am thankful for grief. Truly.Here’s why: 🥀 Grief is love. Not, “I once loved,” but rather, “I love still.” I am privileged to have had a love that was […]
Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Trauma / Widowhood
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Healing from the Inside Out
Years ago, following our baby girl’s open heart surgery, doctors were unable to close her sternum, so they sewed a patch over her incision, and sent her to the PICU. […]
Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Resurrection / seasons / Trauma / Widowhood
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Death Gives Way to Life
It was a sunny October afternoon when death came to visit. Once my favorite season—filled with family birthdays at apple orchards, hot pumpkin spice lattes on crisp, frosty mornings and […]
devotional / Grief / Post-Traumatic Growth / Prolonged Grief Disorder / Widowhood
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Four Years Faithful
This blog is four years old today—born out of one of the darkest valleys of my life. If these birth-pangs were measurable, they’d certainly be a 10 on the Richter […]
Devotional / Grief / Grief Support / Widowhood
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Mercy Met Me There
Four years ago, today, I stood in a hospital corridor, begging God for the life of this man. There are no words sufficient to describe what my whole being was […]
cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Widowhood / Womanhood
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Irreparably Broken
Do you feel irreparably broken? A few minutes of watching the news or scrolling social media reminds me that I don’t hold a monopoly on brokenness. There is pain, devastation […]
devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Surrender / Waiting / Widowhood
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When Will You Surrender?
Two years ago, I’m sitting on the third row, just before worship on a Sunday morning—pretty discouraged and praying for clarity—when God hits me between the eyes with this question: […]
cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Trauma / Widowhood
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When Grief Rocks Your Faith
Profound grief has a way of bringing us face to face with what we actually believe about God. Often, we are surprised by our own doubt. We wrestle with the […]