Sometimes the grief is worse, not better. At those times, God comforts me with beauty. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: death
Consolation, Desolation, and Stumbling into the Light
The aftermath of loss isn't what I expected. [Click title to read more.]
Loss, Comfort, & Dave
In the aftermath of a loss, love becomes clearer. [Click title to read more.]
The Cup of Sorrow and Feast of Joy
Grieving doesn't always arrive leavened by joy, and you cannot think your way through drinking the cup of sorrow. But never doubt the joy will come. [Click title to read more.]
Thoughts On Mortality From The Parking Lot
Death isn't a wall, but a doorway. [Click title to read more.]
When Confidence Looks Like Callousness
I don't think we often realize it, but sometimes Christian confidence expressed in the wrong way can look a lot like Christian callousness - even when it's well-meaning. And compassion is the only way to leaven it. [Click title to read more.]
Channel Your Sense Of Urgency: What Is Your Spiritual Bucket List?
We should be channeling our sense of urgency into the things that matter. [Click title to read more.]
Eternity Doesn’t Matter To Us The Way It Should
Eternity - the prospect of a God beyond time, of endless endlessness with Him, of what it means - makes everything small: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Eternity dwarfs the worst wars and the brightest moments of human history. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Be So Ready To Leave This World Behind
When we leave, the light leaves with us. [Click title to read more.]
The Difference Between Real and Abstract Belief
I suspect that for believers it's easier and more comforting to face Christ's return or our return to Him in a sort of happy abstract rather than as a realistic possibility: those events are coming, they're out there, and they matter, but we don't always regard them with a profound sense of urgency. [Click title to read more.]
