Do words provide any comfort when life vanishes before our eyes and the loved ones who have surrounded us are gone?
Category: People Helping People
Hebrew Thinking on the Holy Spirit / Spiritual Meditations
In ancient Hebrew, if one could not ‘see’ it, ‘touch’ it, ‘smell it’, ‘taste it”, or ‘hear’ it, then one was not talking about anything real.
How Loneliness Increases the Chances of Early Death by 20% / Spiritual Meditations
Jesus taught us much about the importance of companionship and community. Yet we don’t often include friends and extended family in our times of relaxation..
How to Best Console the Grieving / Spiritual Meditations
What can we say to someone who has lost a loved one and is in the depths of grief? So many of us flounder with this. “I’m sorry for your loss” seems to be a common go-to phrase which, although usually sincere, lacks the ability to provide any real comfort to the bereaved…and we know it.
My First Christmas Tree / Spiritual Meditations
I walked to that tree across 4 miles of moonlit snow. Snow? No, it was a floor of diamonds, a magical world, so beautiful that my heart still aches with the wonder of it.
A Christmas Miracle – Do Not Worry
A tarp covered the back of a rickety truck. Francisco threw it back and inside were 30 people. They stared at us, and their faces seemed to plead for help.
You are God’s Constant Emissary / Spiritual Meditations
Everywhere we go we can encourage people, building them up, challenging them to reach for new heights. God has given us this assignment to love.
10 Ways to Save God’s Priceless Creation / Spiritual Meditations
We are on the brink of world-wide food deprivation & nature is our biggest ally in the fight. If we take care of nature, it will take care of us. This is about saving ourselves.
Encouragement-So Little Yet So Much /Spiritual Meditations
ENCOURAGEMENT-SO LITTLE YET SO MUCH /Spiritual Meditations Your #encouragement can turn an embarrassing situation into a cause to celebrate.
What is Your Purpose in Life? / Spiritual Meditations
Growing into the likeness of Christ means being drawn more deeply into the compassion of God so that we hear the cries of injustice in our world, see the broken people along the way, and seek with a divine urgency a way to make a difference in places of suffering, injustice, and pain.