Submitted by Sue Bohlin on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 10:00
It’s so easy to look down our 21st-century noses at the “primitive” peoples of biblical times, especially Israel’s problems with idolatry in the Old Testament. “WE don’t bow down before idols and false gods,” we think. “That was when people were less evolved intellectually and spiritually, but we modern people are so much better than that.”
I’m wondering if God agrees. I don’t think so.
Submitted by Christen Jacobs on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 09:18
There I was walking that long path to the university yet again. I knew every crack in the side walk. I knew where the weeds had finally broken free and where the deep puddles would collect after a hard rain. I could gauge how late I was to class based on the faces I met scrambling along the way. Guys and gals who drank way too much the night before drug their inanimate bodies to their 7:45 classes.
Submitted by Suzi Ciliberti on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 01:00
Step five is best understood when preceded with a little recap of the first four steps.
Submitted by Suzi Ciliberti on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 01:00
After the death of his wife, C. S. Lewis wrote in A Grief Observed, “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” If an adult is so surprised by the feelings that accompany loss how much greater is that intensified for our children?
Submitted by Suzi Ciliberti on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 01:00
Grieving the big losses in life: death of loved ones, loss of health, homes destroyed by catastrophes, marriages ending in divorce, jobs ending, and other great losses can be devastating. Our feelings are better managed at such times if we have learned to trust God in everyday losses beginning at a very early age.
Submitted by Suzi Ciliberti on Fri, 02/19/2016 - 01:00
When Your Heart Feels Like Winter & Your Tears are Frozen
Grief is unpleasant. It is a process of emotions that we each must pass through in order for our hearts to heal from a loss we’ve experienced.
Submitted by Sue Bohlin on Tue, 06/16/2015 - 21:16
What is the biblical perspective on how to handle overwhelming feelings?
There are healthy and unhealthy ways to do that.
The healthy way to deal with strong feelings starts with thinking wisely about feelings in general. Our pastor often says that feelings are real (we do feel them, often intensely), but they're not reliable (they make terrible indicators of what is true). So we should acknowledge them, but not be led by them.
Especially powerful, overwhelming feelings.
