When your ending transforms into your beginning

Divorce papers, signed and sealed. A doctor’s diagnosis, no known cure. Foreclosure. A visit to the boss’ office. “I’m sorry, but we have to let you go.” On and on it goes—things that end, long before we are ready. Relationships...

Small steps toward healing in times of grief

It was just a small bag of cashews, but it helped me get through a very difficult time in my life. Four and a half years ago, the foundations of the life I knew were shattered. In one weekend, my entire world shifted. Through heartbreaking circumstances, I became a...

It’s okay to ask why

  It’s been a rough couple of months for many of my readers. We’ve prayed for babies as they go under the surgeon’s knife, dread cutting into the hearts of mothers and fathers as they leave their precious children in operating rooms. We’ve...

A Broken Christmas

  Many of us remember the Christmases of our childhood as being picture-perfect. I certainly do. I grew up in rural Wisconsin, and both my parents came from large farming families. Christmas Eve was spent with my dad’s side on the Brooks farm, and Christmas...

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