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This week, I feature a guest blogger, Lanny Turner, M.D., who lost his son to suicide. Yet his agonizing experience unexpectedly led him to an even deeper relationship with the Lord as he and his wife learned to trust God anew and follow him consistently through the shadows, as God moved them slowly into the light again.
Read MoreThe love we build during these earthly lives carries on forever for those of us who believe in Jesus. But oh, how it hurts when we lose someone we love.
Read MoreHave you ever experienced a time of loss and sadness that is simultaneously also filled with deep joy? That was our family this week.
Read MoreOn shining the light even on dark days by wearing the “clothes” of Christ—compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Read MoreAfter 9/11, just like after many grief and trauma episodes, we held together by holding together and walking together. And Jesus was right there with us. On lessons learned in the aftermath of healing.
Read MoreWhen someone we love loses someone they love, it’s hard to know exactly how to be there for them. Mourning has a language all its own. Thoughts on how to love well during a season of loss.
Read MoreWhen we're on our knees, sometimes that's how we truly understand our need for Jesus. My devotional this week explores whether feeling broken can help make me whole.
Read MoreIt’s not always easy to love again when we have lost someone we loved, whether that’s a pet or a person. Yet as we are God’s people, fully created in love, I believe we have an obligation to open our hearts to love, whatever that looks like. It’s not always the same, and we don’t always feel perfectly ready. Still, allow yourself to love—whatever that looks like.
Read MoreI’m not eager for bad times. I truly hope I get to spend the rest of my days without hard moments, grief, sadness, stress, or pain. But I now longer fear them—and I’ve come to understand there is a joy to be experienced right in the center of that pain.
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