Against All Human Hope: Dealing With Disappointment
When I got home from Christmas break, I celebrated one week without falling. A few days later, a brutal combination of COVID and a symptom
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Scared of the Rooms: Reflection on the New Year
I walked in a city I hadn’t before, It was called “Earth”, and the people were more Than all who had at ever in one
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The First Dark Christmas
I remember the day in Rome, When Constantine sat enthroned, And decided once for all, That Christmas each year should call For feasting, happiness, and
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One Year of Grief
It’s November. Which means it has almost been a year to the very day since my brother’s accident. It’s been 350 days. Two weeks short
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Does God Strike Low Blows?
Veneetha Rendall Risner had undergone twenty-one separate surgeries by the time she was 13 years old. She had contracted polio as an infant and spent
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The God Who Turns Graves Into Resurrection Beds
I have five siblings in Heaven and four of them – Honor, Miracle, Trust, and Promise – were taken to God before birth. I wept
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The Poem I Wrote As I Struggled With Depression
Last year, I struggled with a deep and debilitating depression, through which I was burdened with the feeling (among other things) that the promises of
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The Great Thanksgiving: Isaiah’s Adventure Part 11
My Dad sent this email out to our church and I wanted to share it with you all. Thank you all for your love and
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Until We Meet Again, Little Brother: Isaiah’s Adventure Part 10
This evening, at 4:20 PM, our sweet little Isaiah left the land of the dying, to go to the land of the living. We were
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My Son Beat Me to the Finished Line: Isaiah’s Adventure Part 8
This is the second email my Dad sent out to the church, the second day of Isaiah’s Adventure: Dear Friends, I’m convinced that the Lord’s
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