Category Archives: Faith

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. I ThessaloniansContinueContinue reading “Blessed Memory”

So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.John 16:22 (NRSV)Despite my best intentions, I couldn’t bring myself about to write something on Mother’s Day, which was yesterday, May 10th. It was not only the first Mother’s Day withoutContinueContinue reading “Numbness”

When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.Luke 4:13 (NRSV)I had a bad day last Friday–the three week mark of my mother’s death. What surprised me was the suddenness and the force with which the sadness hit me. It was totally unexpected. I imagine myself as someone whoContinueContinue reading “Wallowing”