When A Child Dies – Part 2

When A Child Dies – Part 2

by | Aug 29, 2024

We continue with direct quotes from Elizabeth Edwards’ book Resilience. She helps us to see the impact of such a thing on a parent. Some feel, “She ought to be over that by now,” but she is not. Grieving parents are supposed to “snap out of it,”  “get on with...
When a Child Dies – Part 1

When a Child Dies – Part 1

by | Aug 28, 2024

He was 16 when a gust of wind pushed him off the freeway in North Carolina; the car flipped and the young driver died.  The scene was like the picture above The purpose of this article is to help the rest of us who have not experienced this know how such a death can...
Kathryn The Blind Seeing

Kathryn The Blind Seeing

by | Aug 27, 2024

She is legally blind but sees better than we do.  Here’s the scoop.  In 2014, we wanted to take Mike & Kathryn Hixson to Cuba with us.  They were serving Graham Church in Laingsburg, Michigan. Planning the trip required a couple of person-to-person meetings, and...
Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 7

Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 7

by | Aug 23, 2024

We resume our study of the three stages of a man’s (or woman’s) life by look at God’s grace and provision for us as we sought to heal.  I worked the Christmas rush at a U.S. post office. It was a six day-a-week, ten hours per day job. Having been a pencil pusher...
We Wish You a Merry Purim

We Wish You a Merry Purim

by | Aug 20, 2024

Esther 9:18-10:3 We are quite familiar with the phrase “Merry Christmas,” but most Christians know little of the Jewish holiday Purim, which is celebrated in late February or early March in honor of Queen Esther. Purim, Judaism’s most dramatic, fun-filled holiday, has...