Christmas / Devotional / Grief / Widowhood

Fear Not

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No one ever told me grief felt so much like fear. C.S. Lewis penned these words in 1961, and although I am not new to grief, I would concur that […]

child loss / Christmas / devotional / faith / Grief / hope / seasons / Widowhood

No Peace on Earth this Christmas

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Oh, Christmas… Once a fertile garden of celebration of the past and hope for the future, she is now a barren wasteland of lost yesterdays and missed tomorrows. Tragedy touches […]

child loss / Christmas / devotional / faith / Grief / Widowhood

God With Us In Our Grief

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I wrote this on Christmas Day, 2021—ten weeks after Jeremy graduated to Glory. I believed it then, and I know it to be true now, more than ever. He is […]

Christmas / faith / Grief / Widowhood

Skipping Christmas

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Wanna skip Christmas this year? I hear you. And I get it. But perhaps there’s another way. Here are some thoughts on celebrating Christmas, even when our Christmas isn’t, at […]

Child Loss / Christmas / Sermon

God With Us

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I’m not going to lie. It’s terribly tempting to feel sorry for myself this morning, as I think of so many families celebrating Christmas together today. But I opened my […]