A Promise to Those Who Grieve
In 1972 Joe Biden was elected to the Senate and a week later his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash. In...
In 1972 Joe Biden was elected to the Senate and a week later his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash. In...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
We have all known loss. The grief we’ve felt in the midst of our pain has perhaps seemed overwhelming. The most...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
One afternoon, I pushed the button to replay my phone messages and was shocked to hear a young angry voice say, “Shame on you! How can you call yourself a Christian woman and do what you are doing! You should be ashamed at yourself.” I wondered what I had been doing that earned these angry, slanderous words. As he proceeded, I found out. He said, “You talked my mom into getting a divorce. How could you? I’m not going to allow you to put my dad down! I won’t stand for it.”
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
Kim Hamer says, "What a person needs when going through a crisis is a witness. They need someone to acknowledge the fact that what they are going through is very difficult. Their life is crappy. They need you to be their witness."
What do you say when someone is crying? You could say:
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
By Chic Broersma A little girl on an errand for her mother took too long in getting back. “Why?” Mom asked. The...
Guest Author | 2 min read
Grief is a normal and natural process by which a person makes a healthy adjustment to any significant loss in his or her life. Any significant loss (the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, a broken marriage, deterioration of health, a shattered dream) triggers the process.
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
I read an on-line devotional called, “Stillspeaking Devotional” from the United Church of Christ. I like the name...
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
Over and over, I am learning that our caregiving doesn’t have to be polished, perfect and profound. I believe that...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
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