The Weekly Breather: In the Garden with Jesus
Greetings from the Soul Care Collective Steering Committee! This weekly post includes a brief word about personal soul care from one of our amazing Soul Care Collective authors and will include an...
View ArticleChutes and Ladders: When Bad Things Happen to Good People
I just spent the last twenty minutes trying to console a heartbroken child. After a productive therapy session, we were wrapping up our time together with a game of Chutes and Ladders. He was winning,...
View ArticleMicah’s Story
I remember the phone call like it was yesterday. My doctor’s office called late on one Friday afternoon. “Mrs. Paddock, can you talk for a minute?” “Sure, what’s up?” “Well, we got the results from...
View ArticleGrace Filled My Empty Nest
A couple of years ago my daughter, then 17, decided to fly to Chicago to see her best friend who had moved there a couple of years prior. I drove her to the Louisville airport, walked her in and got...
View ArticleWhat is Lent Anyway (and Why Should I Care)?
I must admit I wasn’t prepared for the question. This time last year, I was driving down a highway, on my way to visit someone in the hospital, when one of my Bible study students (with whom I was on...
View ArticleThe Weekly Breather: Pouring out Lament
We try to include praise, thanksgiving, forgiveness, and confession in our daily prayers. But, we often feel guilty bringing our complaints or laments to God. Maybe today you need to express doubt,...
View ArticleThe Desperate Cry of Hosanna
Days like Palm Sunday are particularly difficult for the preacher. It’s not because there is nothing to say. It is because there is nothing to say you don’t already know. You heard the Gospel reading....
View ArticleSuicidal Thoughts: an Inside Look
In my pastor’s defense, he had no idea what was happening in my heart that day. I had gone to my church to talk with him about how I was feeling. I figured it was a last ditch effort to cry out for...
View ArticleChristians are Allowed to Experience Sorrow
Susan was 38 when she found cancer. A group of Christians gathered around her and claimed healing for her. They celebrated that healing, with hilarious demonstrations. Once they put her in an arm chair...
View ArticleThe Purpose of Crying Out in Sorrow
One of the seven deadly sins, according to ancient writing, is acedia. Acedia was considered a most deadly vice. The Greek root of the word means the absence of care. The person with acedia refuses to...
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