TRIALS AND SUFFERING Trials and suffering in our lives can be anything from stretching to down right devastating. However, I think most people would probably agree that as painful as it is to endure suffering in our own lives, it can be even more painful to watch our...
ANNOUNCING CULTIVATE 2021! Cultivating community through prayer, service, creativity, movement, and generosity. Cultivating community is a slow and intentional work that takes time, courage, and creativity. Chronic Joy’s unique prompts invite you to take the first...
OASIS OF HOPE – Wait. Watch. Pain. Healing. Lament. In this edition of Oasis of Hope, Laura J. Boggess, Vaneetha Rendal Risner, Emily J. Marits, Karen Fendick, and Michelle Ortega explore those times when words fail us, when in spite of our circumstances, in the...
“Helpful” Words Can Do More Harm Than Good “What you’re going through isn’t as awful as you think it is. And if you just had more faith or a more positive attitude, you would feel better. You need to cheer up and remember this is all for the best. I know,...
BROKEN BODY, BURNING ACHE Gracious Lord, I cannot wish away this pain or pray it out of existence. I cannot prevent my limbs from screaming out their piercing, while I try to resist it, or stop soreness and stiffness from being my default position. I cannot close my...
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