Truth & Love Blog
Healing for the Holidays: Part Ten—The Light of the World
Traveling from grief to growth is a long, winding road. Healing for the holidays is not a series of steps or some secret plan. More than anything, healing is relational—our relationship with Christ and the Body of Christ.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Nine—Cropping Christ Back Into Your Holiday Album
Healing for the holidays requires that we allow God’s eternal story to invade our earthly story. One of my dear friends from Uniontown Bible Church, likes to say, “When life stinks, our perspective shrinks.” She’s spot on.
I’m Back!
Over the past year I’ve posted an average of 6.5 posts per week. But over the past 10 days, I’ve posted only twice. What have I been up to?
A Thanksgiving Prayer
This Thanksgiving, I wish you a thankful heart. Here’s a Puritan prayer from The Valley of Vision that speaks to our praise of and thankfulness to God.
The Best of the Best Around the Christian Net: This Week’s Top 5
Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Eight—Pregnant with Hope
Articles that offer a few quick quips, three steps, or secrets to survival rarely provide lasting help for profoundly hurting people. Healing for the holidays requires God’s curing truth for our troubled souls. True grief recovery demands Truth from the Author of life.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Seven—Clinging to God’s Rope of Hope
One of the hardest parts of healing for the holidays is the waiting. Everyone else is waiting with joyful anticipation—for the family reunion, the big dinner, opening of presents. And we’re just waiting for it all to be over.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Six—All I Want for Christmas Is Hope
For Christians, surviving the holidays is an admirable first goal, especially when memories of loss and separation flood the mind. However, our ultimate goal is not just surviving, but thriving. That’s where healing hope enters the picture.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Five—Tidings of Comfort and Joy
When we cry out to God, here’s His promise: He comes. He comes in His comforting presence.
Healing for the Holidays: Part Four—A Lament for Your Loss
Yes, your loss counts. Most importantly, your loss counts to God. That’s why He invites you, like He did the saints of old, to lament your loss. Today, let’s ponder a few basic principles of lamenting holiday loss—whatever shape or size your loss takes.
