Grief and gratitude
Guest commentary by Lara Hauser What does grief have to do with stewardship and giving? They seem like pretty disparate subjects, but..
Guest commentary by Lara Hauser What does grief have to do with stewardship and giving? They seem like pretty disparate subjects, but..
I’m amazed by the gratitude I receive from families after a funeral. They always seem to be so thankful for the gift..
Guest commentary by Cheyanna Losey In our rural congregation, there are times when death seems to come one right after another. During..
by J. Todd Billings Brazos Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., 224 pages In September 2012, Todd Billings was a 39-year-old husband, father of..
by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 143 pages As I was pondering the impending death of an elderly woman, her..
by Marilyn Washburn How do we care for those who grieve? Specifically, how can and should pastors do that care? Moreover, how..
poetry by Paul Hooker In memoriam, Rev. O. Floyd Hooker (1922–2014) We sat for ninety minutes in the room where he lay..
by Alex W. Evans The words of Psalm 46 are familiar to most of us: God is our refuge and strength, a..
by Steve & Sharol Hayner InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 159 pages REVIEWED BY KRISTIN STROBLE In life and in death we..
by Magdalena I. García “Death will come, always out of season.” — Big Elk, Omaha chief It was a sizzling Sunday with..