THERE IS A CORNER IN MY READING ROOM where I store my issues, the things I often try to hide from God and others. If I find that I’m craving esteem or recognition in an unhealthy way, and if, in that craving, my ego has started maniacally planning all the ways I can get it, […]
Category: Pain and Suffering
Life After a Layoff
This article was originally published in the Disciple Journal. I live with my husband and three children in a worn-out, 170-year-old house on a lake in Maine. Sometimes I’m afraid I love this place so much that I wouldn’t be able to let it go. That fear has been part of my struggle since my […]
God Knows All About Your Grief – And Here’s His First Step to Recovery
“But remember, like Sarah and Job, we are not helpless.” — This post is excerpted from The Life Recovery Workbook for Grief: A Bible-Centered Approach for Taking Your Life Back, by Stephen Arterburn M. ED and David Stoop. Click this link to experience the whole first step, with workbook questions for your own reflection, for free. […]
Does God Exist? We Ask Tyndale Voices.
Have you ever wondered if God exists? Has anyone asked you what you believe and you weren’t sure how to confidently answer them? Does God exist? It’s a big question, and it’s one that Tyndale House Publishers has tackled in a new—free—resource that brings together select excerpts from some of their most revered authors to […]
Get a God Makeover: Forget Superficial Reinvention and Head for Spiritual Transformation.
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. — Romans 12:2 NLT I recently went jean shopping. URG. Next to trying on swimsuits, this has to be the most demoralizing activity on the face of the earth for which […]
Focusing on Hope When Pain Distracts You
By Danny Gokey In a way, pain reminds us that we are still alive. The abundant life we’ve been promised doesn’t come filtered and separate from pain and suffering. It is part of what rounds out our existence. We don’t go looking for pain, yet it seems to find us. We don’t ask for pain, […]