Tag: grief
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When Everything Is Ripped Away: An Adult on the Spectrum’s Disrupted World
There is a quiet, brutal kind of grief that comes with watching your life get upended by circumstances you didn’t choose. But as hard as it is to navigate your own displacement, it pales in comparison to watching your child absorb the blow. When people hear “autism,” they almost always picture small children. They think…
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The Lingering Dark: When the Afterlife of War Comes Home
There is a specific kind of fury that belongs to the heavy spaces of this life. In the wake of July 4th, as the country celebrates fireworks and freedom, the true price that our men and women paid for it has been weighing heavy on my heart. We talk so easily about the cost of…
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You can’t afford to stay stuck
Grief has a way of making the world feel like it’s spinning in slow motion while you’re standing completely still. It’s heavy, it’s loud, and it’s incredibly persuasive. It tells you that the safest place to be is tucked inside the “what ifs” and the “if I had onlys.” But here is the hard truth,…
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When are you …
When do we stop walking in brokenness? God says we are healed by the stripes of His Son Jesus’ shed Blood.Yet so many still walk around talking about how broken they are.Talking about their hurts, their hang-ups.They need to start talking about what God did for them. Instead of meeting to talk about how bad…
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When “Alignment” Is Really Just Control: The Cost of Following the Voice of God
We like to talk about the “still, small voice” of God as if it always leads to green pastures and still waters. We paint it as a path of immediate peace and communal nodding.But sometimes, that voice leads you straight into a thicket of misunderstanding, judgment, and isolation. The truth that no one warns you…
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When the Air Runs Out: Finding the Hand That Won’t Let Go
There are moments in life that aren’t just “stressful.” They are suffocating. It’s the kind of pressure that feels like a physical weight on your chest, crushing the air right out of your lungs until every breath feels like a victory you’re losing. Maybe it’s a season of grief, a collapsing relationship, or a failure…
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Its Sunday
Goodness, it has been a rough few weeks. When our loved ones pass on into eternity, it is never an easy thing. It doesn’t matter how much we can give ourselves pep talks and tell ourselves we are ready. We are prepared. In reality, no, we are not. There is that thing called grief. And…
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The changing of seasons
I am sitting here at my table watching leaves fall, just thinking. It has been a sad couple of weeks. My ex-father in law had passed away the other day after suffering a massive stroke. Even though that in itself is bad, yet good, because I know that he is with his family on the…
