For the hurting
“If you ask, ‘Why is this happening?’ no light may come, but if you ask, ‘How am I to glorify God now?’ there will always be an answer.”--J.I. PACKER
Do something
It's more pain to do nothing than something.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 282 Two thoughts: We hate feeling helpless. Especially if someone…
Grief & sorrow
Grief and sorrow teach how to mark the Word. No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the cross.Martin Luther, The Table Talk…
Onward
C.S. Lewis is a compassionate writer. He remembers his unhappy childhood well enough to engage his readers (whatever their age) with impressive empathy. I wrote…
His tears
When I was a kid, our church had a scripture memory program for children. Each week we'd memorize our verses and earn prizes. If we…
Summer job
During college, my summer job was to work on an assembly line building kitchen cabinets. I was on the "base" line, which meant we built…
Belligerent bells
One of my favorite Christmas songs is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It's based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Christmas Bells." I love…
On grief
Nicholas Wolterstorff's twenty-four year old son died in a climbing accident. He writes: "The worst days now are holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, birthdays, weddings,…
A mixed bag
"Then to cheer himself up he took out from its case on the dresser a strange little flute that looked as if it were made…
Commemorate
Much of the global Christian church is currently commemorating the dead. Death is a thief. Christianity states that it is one of the Great Enemies…