We hate to see our children sad, but we also know there are many griefs to come, so now is a rich opportunity to help our children grow in the midst of sorrow. Many of us wish we had the same opportunity when we were younger to learn about how Jesus helps us in our sadness. It’s especially hard for children when they experience their first loss. The loss could be a pet, friendship, a friend, a...
Do you remember Bob Newhart? He is an older comedian—but can be still found on reruns of The Big Bang Theory as Professor Proton. One of my favorite of his earlier sketches was about a counselor who charges $1 a minute for the first 5 minutes, then nothing after that. How could he do that? I’ll get to that. A woman named Katherine Bigman comes to him for help with her paralyzing fears. Newhart...
Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry...
My youngest child will be a high school junior. His dream is to play college football. After sitting out most of last season due to two concussions, however, and this upcoming season being up in the air thanks to COVID-19, this dream feels more and more tenuous. My middle child is scheduled to move into his freshman dorm in a matter of weeks. He wants nothing more than a normal transition into...
In A Small Book for the Hurting Heart: Meditations on Loss, Grief, and Healing, Paul Tautges offers fifty short devotions filled with messages of help, encouragement, and healing. By biblically and transparently addressing the heart and faith struggles in the midst of this grief, Tautges delves deeply, but gently, into the issues of the heart—presenting encouragement and comfort in the character...
