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Life, Diligence, and the Fragility of Routine
—- A Neighbor and His Quiet Yet Busy Life I have a neighbor named Ned, a single, middle-aged man. His mother lives alone in a
Wrestling with Tragedy in a World of Belief
— Faith Without a Safety Net News of a sudden death affects us in specific ways. When a believer dies in an accident, from illness,
War and Peace in the Bible: Contradiction or Context?
👉 Many Bible readers notice a tension between passages that promote peace and others that describe or even command war. In some sections, scripture urges
The Danger of Owning the Truth
……Where faith and politics begin to divide us 📌 The Subtle Danger of Feeling Right Self-righteousness is one of the most deceptive human tendencies because
A New Life Among the Lives I Once Overlooked
—-Grief, displacement, and learning to see differently I came to San Francisco over a month ago, a city I never imagined would become part of
What Remains When Love Has No Place to Go
…… On Love, Grief, and Learning to Go On 📌 Standing on Unfamiliar Ground Moving forward after losing my husband feels less like progress and
This Was Never About Healing
…. What grief really demanded of me 🥲 My husband’s death almost destroyed me. He had no doubt I would keep my faith, but he
When Love Is Still Too Loud
….. Grief, avoidance, and the fire of remembering 👉 I have learned a strange skill since my husband died: how to disappear from my own
When Sorrow Teaches What Life Never Did
— Learning Compassion in the Shadow of Loss 👉 I grew up in a world marked by hardship. Poverty was my first teacher—stern, unyielding, but
The Mystery of Love, Death, and Eternal Reunion
—Not Lost, Only Changed When a spouse or loved one passes away, we often hear the comforting words, ‘You will be reunited with them in