To love and to be loved will be to grieve … and to be the cause of grief. … it is ordinary, in that it happens to all of us at some time or another. We are all, at some point in our lives, obliterated by loss. If you haven’t been by now, you will …
To love and to be loved will be to grieve … and to be the cause of grief. … it is ordinary, in that it happens to all of us at some time or another. We are all, at some point in our lives, obliterated by loss. If you haven’t been by now, you will …
I bought a copy of The Son Of Laughter by Frederick Buechner years ago at a second-hand bookstore. I’ve been reading it on and off over the last year or so, but am committed to finishing it this time. It is a literary retelling of the narrative of Jacob/Israel from Genesis. There is an earthy …
Ralph Davis writes about the sorrows of life that God’s people experience in common with all people, reflecting on the reality that we are not spared from sorrow, nor does faith mean that our sorrow will be less in depth or duration of feeling. …God’s covenant people are not sticks and stones, impervious to grief …
Our reaction to current events will reveal whether we truly remember that Christians are pilgrims not citizens of the realms in which we live. The Apostles’ Creed helps Christians remember our true status in the midst of a culture that demands our assimilation. From Ralph Davis: Some of us use the Apostles’ Creed in worship. …
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