ARTICLES
The Scars of Hope
In the midst of suffering, we need the reminder that God has fresh mercy for us each morning. And his mercies never come to an end.
What a Rare Brain Cancer Is Teaching Me about the Art of Remembering and Forgetting
After doctors diagnosed me with brain cancer, my life changed dramatically. Here’s how I’m learning to remember the important things, like who God is and who he will forever be.
Facing God’s Silence
The way we often measure whether God loves us—whether our life seems to be going well or not—can mislead us.
What I Wish the Church Knew about Grief
I often struggled to know what to say when someone got cancer or lost a loved one. Walking with God through the valley, he taught me how to say what helps and avoid what hurts.
Comfort from Psalm 139 for the Parent Grieving Miscarriage
You can’t tell how common miscarriages are by the number of people talking about them. The pain of loss often lives in secrecy. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
When Suffering Causes You to Doubt
There was once a father who had a son possessed by a demon. Both the father and son needed the touch of Jesus.
Our Infertility and God’s Foreknowledge
For all that we cannot know about the future, we can know the God who holds the future.
God Made Sabbath an Equipping Tool for Suffering
How can you grieve when every minute of your time is spent doing?
How to Look at the Hurting
When we look deeper than behaviors—while also looking up to God—we become better able to help.
Trusting through Trials and Tragedies
If he can hold all the waters of the earth in the hollow of his hand, then he is certainly able to help us through our trials.
Hygge in the Long Night of COVID: My Story of Finding Hope in God’s Presence
In our suffering we often want to hear God’s voice say, “Fear not, for I will fix it and make it go away.” Instead, he offers something infinitely more precious: himself.
God Mends Broken Things
We are not mostly okay people with an occasional bad day. We are broken people with divine grace as our only hope. The good news is that hope can be found.