Teens and COVID-19 Article one year ago Community Covid Depression Grief/Loss Mental Health Parenting Students Parents, check on your teens. They are struggling. In this new world that we’re living in, we may be feeling the weight of this new reality. We…
Survival Tips for Sudden Loss of Freedom Article one year ago Covid Grief/Loss Mental Health Suffering If you stop and think about it, life is all about change and how you adapt to it. You change your clothes daily; you change your bedsheets less often…
Hope in Death, Sobriety in Life / 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 Sermon 3 years ago Faith Gospel Grief/Loss Hope Mental Health Missions Suffering Due to a lack of understanding in their eschatology, the Thessalonians were discouraged and possibly even immobilized in their faith as additional grief set in after the death of…
The Raising of Lazarus / John 11:1-44 Sermon 4 years ago Anger Grief/Loss Mental Health Suffering The story of Lazarus shows us how the Bible captures raw human emotion by letting us look through the lens of two hurting and grieving sisters, who love Jesus…
If Life Were a Road Trip: Lessons From a Season of Trial Article 4 years ago Grief/Loss Healing Mental Health Suffering If life were a road trip, it would be windy and at times treacherous. Cancer, surgeries, recovery, radiation, seizures, scans, toddler tantrums, death, mourning and heartache…
This Is All That Matters Article 5 years ago Fatherhood Grief/Loss Mental Health Motherhood Parenting Relationships Suffering It has been six months since my father died. His name was James Gary Winter, and he died on December 12, 2015, 40 days after he…
Closer Than I Know Article 5 years ago Fatherhood Grief/Loss Mental Health Parenting Prayer Suffering “You should come back. He is passing away.” As I ended the phone call with my dad’s hospice nurse, I knew nothing in my life…
The Tension of Joy and Pain Article 5 years ago Grief/Loss Kids Mental Health Parenting Suffering Our son died on April 7, 1979. Kyle’s death was totally unforeseen. Never in my life would I have thought Kyle’s time on earth would last…
A Breath of Life Article 5 years ago Grief/Loss Kids Parenting Worship The complex, waist-high machine standing on the floor gasped in a breath of air, then hissed out another. It repeated its breath, then did it again;…
Perfect Plans and Well-Meaning Casseroles Article 5 years ago Generosity Grief/Loss Mental Health Relationships Suffering Growing up, I spent more time in the church than I did in my own home. My mom was a worship leader and my dad was…
My Paradigm Shift: Peace in the Rough Article 5 years ago Grief/Loss Mental Health Suffering My relationship with the Lord started when I was 9 years old. As a kid I was confident in God’s sovereignty and His deep abiding love…
Not My Will / Mark 14:32-42 Sermon 6 years ago Gospel Grief/Loss Mental Health Prayer Suffering As the time for the sacrifice draws closer, we find Jesus struggling. This is an almost unbelievable passage that shows a time when Jesus' and the Father’s wills were…