Commentary

Looking Back on Mother's Day

I’ve been thinking, Mother, for a long, long time now about all the IOU's I’ve been carrying around with me. In fact, my heart is brimming with them, and it’s high time I sorted them all out to pay up.

Maddison’s Corner

It is officially summer break and I already have no idea what to do with my time, the curse of every highschool student. Every summer I start out with all these big ideas about what I am going to do, or who I will spend time with; none of it ever happens, primarily at the fault of my own.

Thinking Out Loud

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, OklahomaDealing with GriefNo matter where we are from or what has happened to us, each one of us deals with grief throughout our life.

Why Am I Suffering?

“The afflictions of the righteous are many, but the Lord rescues him from them all.” (Psalm 34:19) A new Christian was telling a woman at work about his health problems.The woman declared,“Oh, then you can’t be a real Christian, because Christians don't suffer!” What!?

Thinking Out Loud

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, OklahomaHave you lost someone so very special that you feel like you can never ever be happy again? As a Christian chaplain at a hospice ministry, I sense this from my clients, and oftentimes hear them verbalize it.

Thinking Out Loud

In the years of serving as youth minister, preaching minister, and now a hospice chaplain, the strongest regrets resonate from those who have lost a loved one to death. I have heard laments from 'I wish,' 'if only,' “it's not fair,' and 'why?' just to name a few.

Moving Through the Sandstorm of Grief !

Loss is often puzzling. You must understand your grief before you can reconcile your sorrow and misery. Clarity in your understanding enables you to stop grieving and start healing. So let’s create a word picture. In many ways grief can be likened to a sandstorm in the desert.