Grief & Loss

Unexamined Emotions Aren't Worth Feeling

The unexamined life is not worth living, wrote Socrates. Socrates was the founding father of modern Western philosophy; he wanted to...

The Starling: Fighting Together

I am by no means a movie critic, but I thought this piece was worth talking about. “The Starling” is a new movie release (2021) that was...

Courage in Healing

I realized after church today that I don’t know my place anymore. It’s not that I don’t know what to do. I can serve, I can visit, I can...

Called Back From Grief

"For the LORD has called you back from your grief..." Is. 54:6 We have been in a long season of grief. It feels like when one sorrow has...

A Letter to Grieving Fathers

I am writing to you, the grieving ones—you, fathers, who have experienced the curse of a child loss. I am writing to you, the suffering...

Mother's Day Without

I woke up this Mother’s Day to a cup of warm coffee placed in my hand. I snuggled on the couch with my daughter, who gave me a card that...

There's No Guide to Losing a Child

You feel like the world is spinning around you. As if everything could come crashing down around you, but you are still standing. You...