Clichés, empty platitudes, and things that don’t really help people who are grieving are the subjects of this article. I suspect that since you have read this far that you, like me, have said something to someone in the past that has not helped at all. Maybe it even hurt. You realize that we just can’t “un-say” something that we have said, no matter how much it hurts...
Read MoreNothing upsets a parent quicker than making their children hurt. So, what do we do when death strikes at the heart of our family dealing emotional injuries to all of us? We grieve our losses, but what about the kids?...
Read MoreIn this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of God, they're never separated. Where there is pain, there is healing. Where there is mourning, there is dancing. Where there is poverty, there is the Kingdom of God...
Read MoreWhy reinvent the wheel? I realize that you and I are different from each other, and that we are different from every other human being. I have lost several loved ones, as have you, and each loss is different as well. However, each loss has some things in common just as you and I have some things in common, and we can learn from each other...
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