Illness (Chronic)
Confronting God Loss and grief are everywhere in the landscape of our lives. There is nothing in human life to...
Confronting God Loss and grief are everywhere in the landscape of our lives. There is nothing in human life to...
Sharing the Pain, Sharing the Joy
When my daughter, Crista, was four months old, her pediatrician found a lump on the right side of her abdomen. The first indication of the blood tests, ultrasound, and needle biopsy was that the tumor was malignant. For two and a half weeks we waited anxiously, yet with the peaceful knowledge that God was in control.
[Editor's note: do you know someone who is grieving the loss of a pet? In this excerpt from our book The...
My experience took place when our infant son, Justin, died with no apparent symptoms at the tender age of three and a half months. It happened in the evening just after my husband, a pastor, had left for a meeting. I rushed my baby to the hospital, but the doctors could not revive him. I had one older son, Joshua, who was then 3, and would later have another son, Christian, but neither of these children would or could replace the precious child whom we lost. -Donna
Room to Grieve When my father died three years ago, I was devastated. He had been my best friend and mentor. At...
Shattered Dreams During the first ten years of our marriage, as part of our struggle with infertility, my husband...
It's okay to cry. It's okay not to cry. Just like adults, each child is unique and copes with grief in her or his...