Grief

Current Events Theology 

Good (And Bad) Bible Passages To Teach Empathy in Race Relations

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments All Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Empathy, George Floyd, Grief, James, Jeremiah 17, Job, Justice, Luke 15, Lying, Matthew 6, Pride, Proverbs, Psalm 146, Psalm 45, Psalms, Racism, Samaritan, The Good Samaritan, The Lost Sheep, The Prodigal Son, Truth

For Truth and Humility, As Well As Justice

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Tribute 

Our Heartfelt Goodbye For Now To Benjamin Plunkett

May 1, 2020May 6, 2020 Phill Lytle, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Nathan Patton 8 Comments Ben, Benjamin Lloyd Plunkett, Benjamin Plunkett, C.S. Lewis, Death, Friendship, Grief, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien

Rambling Ever On says goodbye for now to one of our own.

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Literature Theology 

A Reflection on “Lament for a Son”

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 David Lytle 7 Comments A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, Death, Grief, Hope, Job, Lament for a Son, Lamenting, Matthew, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Psalm 42, Psalms, Remembering, Resurrection, Revelation

I picked up the book a few weeks after my 14 month-old had passed. What I read crushed my soul, or should I say shined a light on my own crushed soul.

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Music The Arts 

Leave-Taking: My Favorite Goodbye Songs

July 10, 2019August 7, 2019 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Adam Again, Annie Lennox, Death, Goodbye, Grief, Jimmy Eat World, Madonna, Michael W. Smith, NEEDTOBREATHE, Nouveaux, Peter Gabriel, Sadness, Songs, Sorrow, The Return of the King, Whiteheart

“It’s difficult to say goodbye…” Here are a few of my favorite goodbye songs.

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Family The Five Theology 

When the Best Seat is the Worst Seat

July 20, 2018July 8, 2019 Staff 5 Comments Comfort, Grief, Hope, Loss, Mourning, Sadness

Dealing with the death of a loved one. A special guest post by Jeff Caudill.

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Theology 

We Have This Hope

November 9, 2017August 5, 2019 Phill Lytle 6 Comments 1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Elijah, Evil, Faith, grace, Grief, Hebrews, Hope, Jeremiah, Love, Mass Shooting, Matthew, Prayer, Psalms, Repentance, Thanksgiving, The Church, The Two Towers, Tragedy

Trying to make sense of another senseless tragedy. (1,574 words)

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Theology 

Miserable Comforters: What A Grieving Person Probably Doesn’t Need

October 3, 2017August 5, 2019 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments A Grief Observed, Ben Folds Five, Brick, C.S. Lewis, Caedman's Call, Center Aisle, Commitment, Counseling, Death, Derek Webb, Grief, Job, Patience, Paul, Presence, Suffering

Less Cliches, More Hugs (1740 words)

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Literature Misc Theology 

The Rough Draft of Solace

May 17, 2017August 19, 2019 Phill Lytle 8 Comments 2 Corinthians, Anger, Aslan, C.S. Lewis, Cancer, Comfort, Doubt, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, Frodo Baggins, Galatians, Grief, Hope, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jill Pole, John, Joy, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Mount Doom, Pain, Prince Caspian, Psalms, Rejoice, Samwise Gamgee, Sorrow, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Silver Chair

Searching for hope in difficult times. (2155 words)

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Theology 

Grief, Hope and Theology That Matters

August 10, 2016August 6, 2019 David Lytle 12 Comments Death, Grief, Hope

Does it actually matter what someone believes about heaven when life becomes hell? (1,874 words)

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Theology 

“While I’m Waiting”: A Theology of Suffering And God’s Timing

June 15, 2016August 5, 2019 Gowdy Cannon 6 Comments Abraham, Acts, Anxiety, David, Depression, Exodus, Genesis, God's Will, Grief, Habakkuk, Hannah, Hebrews, Job, Joseph, Pain, Prayer, Psalms, Romans, Samuel, Sarah, Suffering, Waiting

The waiting is the hardest part.

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