Hope Archives - Rambling Ever On

In This Season of Mourning

June 2, 2021June 30, 2021 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Christian Living, Death, Fear, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Liturgy, Loss, Mourning, Pain, Poem, Prayer, Sadness, sickness, Sorrow

A liturgy for those who mourn.

Theology

Hope For the Holidays

December 18, 2020December 21, 2020 D.A. Speer 3 Comments Christmas, Heaven, Holidays, Home, Hope, Jesus, Longing, Loss, Pain, sehnsucht

Some look forward to the holidays every year with great anticipation, while others struggle with the idea of seasonal merrymaking. What is the way forward? Hope in the home to come.

Tribute

Rambling Ever On Pays Tribute to Clarence Lewis

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Mark Sass, Phill Lytle, Nathan Patton, Michael Lytle, Gowdy Cannon and Allen Pointer 3 Comments Christian, Eternity, Family, Friendly, Grief, Honor, Hope, Hospitality, Jesus, Mentor, Mourning, Tribute, Welcoming

Anyone fortunate enough to know Clarence Lewis was better for it. We count ourselves among the fortunate.

Devotion Theology

Looking for a City: Exploring Hebrews 13:13-15

September 25, 2020December 29, 2020 Steve Lytle 2 Comments Bible, Eternity, Free Will Baptist, Heaven, Hebrews, Hope, Jesus, Leroy Forlines, Life, Pilgrims, Sacrifice, Scripture, song, Thanksgiving, Time

What we believe, really believe, affects how we behave.

Theology

Even the Hardest Heart: Hope For the Prodigal

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Phill Lytle 1 Comment 2 Timothy, Doubt, Hope, Loss, Love, Prayer, Questions, Repentance, Restoration, Scripture, Sin, Songs, The Church, Whiteheart

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Literature The Five

Inspiration from The Green Ember

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Nathan Patton 5 Comments Action, Anger, Commonplace Book, Ember Falls, Emma Joveson, Healing, Heather Longtreader, Hope, Jealousy, Picket Longtreader, Rabbits, S.D. Smith, Selfishness, Smalden "Smalls" Joveson, The Green Ember, Truth, Whittle Longtreader, Wilfred Longtreader, Wisdom

The Green Ember series has been meaningful to me in both the original context in which it was written and my personal context of the current events of 2020.

Theology

Hosanna

April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Faith, grace, Hope, Joy, Life, Light, Loneliness, Lost, Mercy, Salvation, Sin, Suffering

Hosanna in the highest!

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.