Hurricanes and Heartache
- September 12, 2017
- by
- Tatum Fishel
“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14
I wonder if he knew.
I wonder if Paul knew when he penned those words that countless people would cling to them in their times of deepest grief.
I wonder if he knew that I would read them at my aunt’s funeral, gone too fast, and too soon. Or that we would hang tight to them when the son wouldn’t drive home...
Finding Death’s Sting
- August 15, 2017
- by
- Brandon Miller
1 Corinthians 15:55: “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (NIV)
26,097 days. The average human lifespan.[1] So, if people...
Perspective is Everything
- July 21, 2017
- by
- Beth Gianopulos
Life is all about perspective. While I have always known that perspective matters, I learned on a recent mission trip to Curahuasi, Peru, that...
Beautifully Destructive
- July 17, 2017
- by
- Jacob Moyer
We pulled up to the security gate in front of the hospital and the guard, recalling the bags of lentils we gave him the...
Brokeness
- June 16, 2017
- by
- Beth Gianopulos
My aunt is a polio survivor. After polio ravaged her body, she was left with severely weakened muscles and walks with a visible limp....
Jesus Will Meet You There
- June 08, 2017
- by
- Chris Lawson
On Saturday night, I was on a plane ride home from Texas as citizens in London were losing their lives to terrorists.
It is happening...
The Spirit of Fear
- May 25, 2017
- by
- Jessie Tucker Mitchell
If you follow my blogs, you know that my sister Christie died of cancer last September. The last weeks of her life were spent...
I’m Already Dead
- May 24, 2017
- by
- Lori Travers
Finding myself obsessed with death one too many times, I decided to investigate what my Christian faith taught on the topic. Reading all I...
The Happy Past Restored
- May 19, 2017
- by
- Beth Gianopulos
What has been and what can never be.
As I gazed at the picture of my precious babies, my heart ached. More than anything, I...
The Joy of Discomfort
- May 09, 2017
- by
- Casey Costa
Fighting to be Uncomfortable
I like to imagine life as many different spectrums. For example, am I spending more time studying or am I spending...