By Dan Lentz 1. When you open a package and its contents require some assembly, which of the following most typifies your next step? • I read the directions first, then assemble step-by-step. • I assemble first and read the directions if needed. • I send the box back and request that the store […]
By Gary D. Robinson One night, in a large house in Northern Ireland, a young boy lay awake. He was crying with headache and toothache, anxious for his mother to come and comfort him. She never came. His formerly happy home had become strange, sinister; a place “of voices and comings and goings all over […]
By Victor Parachin We were married 47 years when Grace died, leaving a huge hole in my heart no amount of activity could fill. Except for my two daughters, there was no one I could turn to for solace. —Stephen After Ellen died, I returned to work and for a few hours each […]
By David Faust Where can you find hope in times of grief? Just ask King David: The Good Shepherd walks with us through the valley of death (Psalm 23). Or ask the apostle Paul: Death can’t separate us from God’s love (Romans 8). Christ arose, and we will receive imperishable bodies of our own […]
By Steven Clark Goad “If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come” (Job 14:14). Georgia Eugenia died at the age of 43. She was a wonderful Christian wife and mother. Her life was devoted to sharing Christ with all […]
