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Finding Hope In The Death Of A Child

From my own experience, the loss of a child is one of the most difficult experiences we ever face in life. The pain and darkness are indescribably intense, and there are no easy answers to comfort the hurting heart. Can there be any hope in such a situation?

Following is a summarization of the tribute delivered [...]

Prayer That Changes Things

Despite my best intentions, I’ve often been disappointed in the lack of results from my praying. Since the death of my wife, however, I can honestly report more effectiveness than in any previous recollection.

But why? Perhaps because the trauma of death forced a shift in focus. Presenting God with only a list of needs no [...]

Three Rules That Don’t Seem Right

Throughout my school years I had to memorize numerous rules I never completely understood. For example, why must I lie down instead of lay down for a nap? But there is a grammatical rule that governs such statements even if I don’t know it.

I have found, however, a few truly useful rules for successful living–but [...]

Deciding What’s Next In Life

On December 12, 1899, a 25-year-old British cavalry officer made a daring nighttime escape from an enemy prison, but the frightful prospect of imminent recapture soon overwhelmed him.

He later confessed, “I realized with awful force that no exercise of my own feeble wit and strength could save me from my enemies, and that without the [...]

He Still Moves Stones

A stone presented a formidable problem that first resurrection morning. Massive and threatening, it blocked the entrance to Jesus’ tomb for the women needing to anoint His body. “Who will move it for us?” they puzzled–but found no answer.

When they arrived at the garden, however, astonishment gripped their hearts. The stone had already been set [...]

An update….

It’s been a year since I sent out one of my regular newsletters, so I thought I might give you a brief update as several have inquired about how I’m doing.

My ability to concentrate on “creative” sorts of things is slowly returning back to more of a “normal” state. I do understand that the loss [...]

Remembrances & Regrets

Remembrances and regrets one month after Maryâ€™s death.
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Just An Hour Would Do

“I’d like to live my life over again,” some assert, “if I could just know what I know now.” Not me!

Nevertheless, I’ve purposely relived a few brief hours this past week through a number of old video tapes I’m trying to convert to more durable DVD.

We loved our Jenny intensely in life, but the films [...]

Hope For Next Year’s Problems

Sunday, December 31, 1995. The big backpacking trip is over. It was exhausting, and I am still weary and sore.

We rose at 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning and got an early start. Unanticipated logistics in shuttling cars, however, made us almost two hours late in getting on the trail. This put us way behind on time [...]

News That Turns The World Upside Down

The news jolted me into another world–a world of long-forgotten uncertainty and anxiety. Dormant memories emerged as ghastly specters.

The news that two sets of friends have discovered life-threatening health problems with their children rewound my mind 28 years to our daughter Jenny's birth. Suspecting nothing, we hardly raised an eyebrow when the doctor reported "complications" [...]

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