Learning to live after loss blog
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Radical Community
How should Christians live together in Community? I am just not sure we are doing it right when everyone sells their soul to pay their mortgage so they can live in isolation from those they love.
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Search Me and Know My Heart
Sometimes I sit in church and feel like the pastor is preaching just to me. I had not contemplated this before, but maybe it’s because the Bible is the Book that understands me and knows me.
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God Meets Me at First Light
First Light is the very first glimpse of light that just begins to break through the night announcing my Lord and my God has come to meet with me. And He always comes.
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God says Yes, but I don’t always see it
How many times does God say Yes and I don’t even see it? He is constantly working and I just take it for granted. What if I took the time to really consider how many times God says Yes in a day? What would that look like?
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When God Says No
I have no doubt about what God is able to do. I waiver about what He is willing to do. Because, what if I ask and the answer is no? I am afraid to ask for big things because it’s crushing to be told no.
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Have You Ever Felt Forsaken?
Have you ever felt completely alone in your misery, that God is very far from you, leaving you to wallow in a pit of despair, left to wonder how long will this last? My God, why have you forsaken me?
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The Gift of Presence
Seeing people in pain is uncomfortable for everyone. The bravest souls are willing to endure personal discomfort so they may provide some measure of relief. One of the best things friends and family did for me when I was hurting was to give me the Gift of their Presence.

