It’s odd how this 2nd Christmas without Chris has felt harder than the 1st. I would guess because the numbness that covered the 1st year has been loosening its grip on my head and heart. Don’t get me wrong, emotions and numbness are constants in grief and you never know which are going to be…

Some of you may have noticed that I didn’t post an Advent blog post yesterday. That was not intentional. I had planned to write something or at least repost something from 2023. Yet when I went to post something, I fell asleep. Actually I slept for several hours, woke up and thought about posting something…

I’ve been trying to come up with something to write for today, but I was getting nothing. I decided to just post one from 2023. When I opened up the post, I knew God was using my past self to teach/preach to my current self. I see the ignorance in my past self about grief,…

When most of us think of peace, it is a lack of conflict or disturbances. However, peace in the Bible has a deeper meaning. The Hebrew term Sar Shalom means Prince of Peace in English. Prince of Peace is one of God’s many names. So, when we look at Shalom or biblical peace, we see…

Here is another repost from 2023. It was the last post for the week of Hope. Some of this may not line up with what has been posted so far, but the main message is still true. There is still one more post for our week in hope. Enjoy. I heard something interesting recently on…

Do you feel bold this season? I’d be willing to guess that many of us feel anything but bold. For many of us, we are busy going from one activity to another. Or we are trying to hide from the extreme emotions the holidays can bring with them. Either way, few of us are feeling…

Another repost but really it’s a good reminder that what we hope the future will look like, we may never get to see it personally. It’s still important to work towards that future though. Today we’ll start to look at the Christmas story as told by Matthew. Matthew and Luke both tell the Christmas story,…

When I wrote this nearly 2 years ago, I had not experienced the pain of grieving Chris. As I was writing this series, I didn’t realize that Christmas season would be his last. This post hits a little differently now, but I still stand by it. Never does it say the pain will end on…

I’m bringing this out from my old blog site.  It was initially shared on April 4th, 2022. God has been bringing this to mind a lot lately so I am bringing it out as a start to the Advent season. Be the light this season. There are a lot of people sitting in the dark…