Living with Grief

Rivers are beautiful and useful features of the natural world, but under certain conditions, they can be dangerous. When the waters rise above the height of the banks or when a swimmer is pulled down in the current, the river is no longer useful; it’s a threat....

What Does the Journey Look Like

Life is, of course, a journey. Romans 8 indicates it’s a journey of hope from futility to glory: “The creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay...

How should we grieve?

Our culture does not handle grief well at all. We in the church don’t do much better. “Out there,” they tend to wallow in it, ignore it, or numb themselves against it. “In here,” we offer clichés, slap on promises like Band-Aids, and awkwardly withdraw from people in...

Handling Grief and Pain

Our culture does not handle grief and pain very well at all. We have no idea what to do with our sorrow, so we tend either to wallow in it, ignore it, or numb ourselves against it. Making matters worse is the fact that we are the first culture in the history of the...