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Tears don’t seem to stop streaming down my face. I am anxious.I’m angry.I’m sad.I’m tired.In the past I tried to ignore or control those feelings. I have since learned that they are a gift.
Jesus got tired.Jesus wept.Jesus got angry.They are gifts from...
A whole Holy Week. Sunday to Sunday.
This is a week set aside each year to follow Christ through the final week of His human life - to recall the events leading to His crucifixion and eventual Resurrection.
As I have been reflecting on this part of Jesus' life in this...
Many scholars say that the gospels were "written backwards", meaning that all four gospels match the most closely at the very end of Jesus' life story. The farther we travel back in Jesus' ministry, and then into his childhood and birth, the less closely each of the gospel...
It is generally understood that there are 7 stages of grief that people experience in some order when they are processing trauma:
Shock
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Testing
Acceptance
As a society, we're grieving. We're in the middle of prolonged, collective (and individual)...
This time last week, the world looked quite different than it does today. We were considering sacrificing something for Lent by choice. We were showing up to work everyday, participating in our usual activities. Our kids were in school. Our friends were meeting us for dinner.
This...