by Bob | Jun 30, 2012 | Heaven, Hope, Suffering
Love After Loneliness Light after darkness, gain after loss, Strength after suffering, crown after cross. Sweet after bitter, song after sigh, Home after wandering, praise after cry. Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain, Sight after mystery, peace after pain. Joy...
by Bob | Apr 26, 2010 | God's Healing for Life's Losses, Grief, Heaven
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting The Promise of a Lifetime Countdown to God’s Healing: BMH Books will release my fifth book in May. To read a sample section of God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting...
by Bob | Nov 23, 2009 | Grieving, Healing, Heaven, Uncategorized
It Is Well with My Soul In 1873, the steamship Ville du Havre was struck by an iron sailing vessel while crossing the Atlantic. 246 people died, including the four daughters of Chicago lawyer Horatio Spafford. His wife Anna survived. Just two years earlier their...
by Bob | Aug 14, 2009 | Grief, Grieving, Heaven
A Hero Passes: Sidney Howard Vernon (1917-2009)Those who read my Twitter tweets, my Facebook updates, and my blog posts have surely noted my unusual silence over the past 48 hours.Thursday, August 13, 2009, my Father-in-law, Sidney Howard Vernon, went home to be with...
by Bob | Apr 7, 2009 | Grief, Grieving, Healing, Heaven, Longings
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 30: Spiritual MathematicsHow do you help others to long for heaven and live passionately for God and others while still on earth? There are many effective ways to journey with people toward...
by Bob | Nov 30, 2006 | Heaven, Longings, Waiting on God
A Moving ExperienceIt’s been a while. We moved to the greater Chicagoland area while still working in the Greater DC area. Go figure! The creative work arrangement allows us to be near our college kids, near family, and commute four weeks per year to teach...
