This original poem by our friend, Janet Blessing, addresses the dilemma of whether to talk with our children, our pastors, our church friends about the abuse, the pain, the hurt, the sin infesting our home. STILL GRIEVING of all I’d …
Little Wife set her empty wine glass on the kitchen table and gazed sadly out the window at the falling snow. The weak mid-January sunlight filtered through the cold clouds barely reaching the ground before dissolving into another gray afternoon. …
When you woke up on January 1, 2024, how did you feel? Hopeful or hopeless? Joyful or depressed? Blessed or afflicted? Full of faith or full of fear? Maybe you had a nice stew of all of those emotions as …
I just returned from a weekend trip to northern Minnesota to spend time with family. It was sweet to be with my sister and her husband, my brother, my auntie and other family friends. The reason for our gathering was …
Sometimes God gives us a neon billboard. This past Sunday, I had to give my very good dog, Buddy, back to Jesus. Buddy was old. He had serious health conditions and much pain. It was a heartbreaking decision and a …
I wonder if you are like me at Christmas-time? Because of trauma and broken family traditions and feelings of sadness, I struggle every year to put up the Christmas tree. I have endless conversations inside my head about the …
The Bible has much to say about our tears. The women in our support group this past Monday evening also had much to say about tears. One woman is learning to grieve and cry. After years and years of putting …
I wonder if you know that sickening feeling when you answer the phone, and they say, “She’s gone.” After nearly a year of harsh cancer treatments, my dear sister-in-law Linda went to be with the Lord last month. She was …
Is it by chance? In these days of terrible news from eastern Europe and much uncertainty in the Middle East and threats in Asia, is it any wonder that the incidents of domestic abuse and violence are also escalating? As …
What an effective picture of the view of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day. Glowing lights lined the mall representing lives lost due to COVID-19. It was an impressive memorial to loved ones that were no longer …