Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.

I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.

Grief, of course, is not something that operates according to a specific time frame, and it seems cold to suggest otherwise. Yet when we do not grasp that God is present in pain, we eventually insist on victory or, worse, blame the sufferer for not "getting over it" fast enough. This is more than a failure to extend compassion; it's an exercise in cruelty.