Reflections on cultivating a deeper life with God through suffering

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This piece is published over on the (in)courage blog. I remember walking out of the state-of-the-art fertility clinic…

Several years ago, a friend and I were catching up and swapping stories about life. We talked about family, health, and…

We all love a happy ending. The cancer leaves, never to return again. The infertile couple has a beautiful baby. The…

Recently I was talking with a woman who is 57 and has no children. She has no peace either. She questions God, feels…

Christmas cards are stacking up on our kitchen counter. Each day our stack of cards grows just a little…

A few years back I was at one of my lowest points. I was recovering from brain surgery and I had experienced a few…

There is a passage in the book of Acts that gets me every time. After Judas' betrayal of Jesus and subsequent…

Nothing seemed to be going right. There we were, miles from the closest town, sitting on the side of a hill that…

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that…

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