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Does Depression play a Key Role in the Christian life?

September 13, 2021

I recently had the privilege of reading a beautiful new book by my dear friend Sarah Robinson called I love Jesus but I want to Die – Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression. It was a powerful, beautiful book about the reality and pain of depression and suicidal thoughts/tendencies and how God can find you there.

I cried my way through it.

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How to Respond when God Wills Suffering

July 19, 2021

When God wills suffering?

How can a good God possibly allow suffering?

We pronounce the question with a flourish, smiling smugly on the inside thinking that we’ve finally found ourselves an excuse to doubt Him, or at the very least, justify our bitterness or our desire to run away.

What I realized yesterday is that maybe all along, we’ve been asking the wrong question.

Should God really have to explain Himself to us? Should we only deign to listen to Him only when we understand His plan?

Maybe it isn’t always about understanding why… maybe its about learning how to respond.

Endurance, When life is Hard

When your burdens are too heavy….

March 4, 2020

“When the burdens of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” – Psalm 94:19

Most days I feel overwhelmed. There is so much work to do, so many decisions to make, so much wrong with the world, so much drama in my life… not to mention so many children to raise, so many meals to cook, so many words left to write, and so little time.

Is all this worth the effort??

When life is Hard

How to Rejoice in Difficulty – Embracing the Cross

March 4, 2020

Does it ever seem impossible to rejoice in difficulty? Let’s see if we can lessen some of the fear that’s involved.

Endurance, Self Care

To the Soul Suffering from Marital Loneliness

February 15, 2020

You know you’ve experienced it… Marital loneliness…

…that ache of feeling unequally yoked? of missing the “friend” you used to have? Or, wondering what happened to the person you thought you married?

But, it’s not because they are gone that you miss them, but rather, and even most especially, when you are in the same room, and living under the same roof!