Living on Purpose When You Don’t Want To (The Hippopotamus Hypothesis)
I didn’t say it to him, because he was my boss and a pastor. I didn’t raise my voice and I remained seated, but mentally, I was on my feet and my emotions were rising precipitously. You want me to do what? I questioned silently … with exasperation and, admittedly, a...
Longing for the High Place Where Death Does Not Win
Out of the blue last Tuesday, I was struck down by a wave a grief, sobbing and wrestling with loss after loss. In a matter of days we had attended two visitations at the same funeral home. One was for an elderly man who lived a long life. And one was for a...
Grieving? Do You Believe?
She bows her head down low. Not in shame or embarrassment, but sorrow. You will not see her tears; she refuses to share her grief. Easter brings us face-to-face with death. Do you believe? We walk in the fear of the unknown when we discover more of our friends are...
The Gift of Grief: 10 steps to help us through the process
I had plans to attend a quarterly ladies’ event at church that evening. “It would be good for me to get out and be around people,” I reasoned. As I stared in my closet vacantly trying to decide what to wear, grief overtook me and the tears began to flow. There was no...
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