Encouragement Hope Suffering

Dickens and the Ghosts in Our Stories

I once read about a mother who tragically lost a child, and every Christmas after hid in bed, leaving her husband and other children to holiday without her.  I read this after the loss of our firstborn, and I felt so much empathy for this grieving mother. Traumatic loss can trigger staggering emotions on what …

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Encouragement Hope Suffering

Why We Need Both Lament and Joy

Here are two true things: We must learn to be comfortable with both deep lament and deep joy. Recently, I’ve felt wounds healing and grief dimming. There is a day to lament and a day to rejoice, and this week I’m choosing to rejoice. Before I get to joy, a few words on grief. We …

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