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.

There's nothing like suffering to reveal how small and needy you are. Pain has the remarkable capacity to reveal the weakness of the things you're leaning on to make life worth living.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.

You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.

When we reduce the notion of “calling” to work inside the church, we fail to equip our people to apply their Christian faith to everything they do, everywhere they are.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.