Seven Amazing Ways Our Puppy Taught Me How to Be Happy
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s hard to be cross with someone who exhibits that much enthusiasm for life. Misery may love company but tail-wagging creates a party.
dealing with grief
Why Conquering Your Fears Won’t Make You Fearless
Reading Time: 6 minutes Through their fear God was drawing close to them as they faced powerful enemies, dark nights, deep depression, doubt, frustration, hunger, and desolation. In their trouble, God spoke not demands but comfort. “I am with you. I will fight for you.” God spoke this comfort as a father sitting on the edge of his child’s bed during a terrifying thunder storm. He pulls the sheets up tight and whispers, “Fear not. I’m here. We’re in this together.”
Simple but Powerful Daily Disciplines for Thriving in this Crisis
Reading Time: 5 minutes The experts say washing your hands and keeping social distance are key to staying physically healthy in this crisis. Amen! But are there less obvious, more abstract daily disciplines that will help us navigate these turbulent and dangerous times?
Why I’m in Therapy. And Maybe You Should Be Too.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Notice everyone Jesus blessed is needy. Being blessed is more than a sassy ironic Southern idiom. For Jesus it meant bowing to receive God’s personal touch of grace. We cannot receive God’s blessing standing tall and proud, unwilling to recognize our need for God’s grace. It is admitting I can’t do this alone but I can do it with you.
Finding and Forgiving Dad
Reading Time: 6 minutes And through my grief, once God cracked open the vault, I learned how to reinterpret my life story. Through the loss of my dad, I found my Father. And through becoming the father of my children, I found my dad.
In our Hearts Grief and Grace often Ride Side by Side
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Red Rocks is one of the finest places on the planet to perform,” James Taylor said near the end of …
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