How to Survive Depression as a Christian

God, grief, James, pain, Psalms, Satan

I’ve probably read about 30 articles on depression and suicide since Monday night. From the well-known writers and publications to the amateur bloggers, it seems every writer has an opinion on the subject, and most are saying the same thing: depression and...

Rest

Isaiah, Matthew, Psalms

The baby wiggled uncomfortably in my arms, whining with his eyes closed. Over-stimulated and over-tired from the overflow of love my young daughters had been pouring on him all morning, my best friend’s baby boy needed rest. But he had no idea how to get it. I...

God the Compassionate Father

Bible, Father, God, Holy Spirit, Psalms

Sometimes it’s hard to understand God. He’s complex. He is, mysteriously, 100% just, 100% merciful, 100% righteous, 100% graceful, 100% kind, 100% holy and 100% compassionate all at the same time. (Actually, He is infinitely all of these things, but...

When Life is Hard

God, grief, pain, Psalms, truth

There are days (and weeks and months and years…) that life is one heartache after another. That just kind of comes with the territory living on a broken planet among broken people being broken ourselves. Things don’t go right very often. And it hurts. It...