A lifetime ago, I was a musician. In music, we call a pause a “rest.” We like that word, don’t we? Rest sounds like such a lovely thing—until you’re forced […]
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God’s Heartbeat
Our daughter was born with three heart defects. I would often lay with my ear pressed against her, so I could listen to her heart beat. It brought peace to […]
Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / hope / Trauma / Widowhood
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Graves and Gardens
When Karissa died, Jeremy and I were newlyweds, living on a single Christian School teacher’s salary. Meaning, we didn’t have two nickels to rub together. Thankfully, my parents were gracious […]
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Birth, Death and Adoption
Exactly 8 days before our little girl went to Heaven, on February 28th, our little boy was born. We just didn’t know it yet.  God knew. He knew I’d […]
Christmas / Devotional / Grief / Widowhood
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Fear Not
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 […]
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Is God Asking Too Much?
When Jesus asked the disciples to feed the 5000, they thought He was asking too much of them. And if it had it all depended on them, they would’ve been […]
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Job’s Story, Our Story
His grace abounds in deepest waters… We’ve come to the end of Job’s story, named after a man, but not about the man. Like every other story, this was a […]
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I Don’t Understand Him, But I Trust Him
Do you know how loved you are?! He will tend his flock like a shepherd;he will gather the lambs in his arms;he will carry them in his bosom,and gently lead […]
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Words that Wound
You’ve heard the old adage, “The preacher’s quit preaching and gone to meddling.” Well, I’m no preacher, but my thoughts on today’s passage may be considered by some to be […]
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It’s Not About Job
There is a common misconception that the book of Job is about a patient man suffering well. And if the book ended in chapter 2, I might be inclined to […]