A Tough Christmas

A Tough Christmas

This is going to be a tough Christmas for some of my friends. These are friends that lost their spouses sometime this year. This will be the first Christmas without their spouses. It will be rough. . . . almost all survivors experience anniversary reactions. The first...
How Many More Christmases?

How Many More Christmases?

Earlier this week I had lunch with a dear friend, one of the bravest ladies I know. A breast cancer survivor, she discovered last year that the cancer had snuck up on her again. I’m sure she had her share of long and hard discussions with her Maker following that...
Through Deed and Word

Through Deed and Word

Our church care group is having a Christmas outreach event tonight — with a difference. In previous similar events, our primary concern would be on how to “save the lost” — how to get people to make commitments to Jesus. This is still our concern because...
Depression

Depression

I remember the night my clinical depression overtook me. It was an evening in 1998. I had the privilege opreaching at a friend’s ordination service. Later that evening I was to join a group of young adults in my church for an evangelistic camp. After the...