Comfort for Parents Grieving a Miscarriage or Stillbirth [A Pastoral Theology Brief] John D. Schuetze, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI In his care of souls, the pastor faces many difficult situations, which like a sword can often pierce his own soul also. Few are as heart-wrenching ...
giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, comforting the grieving, visiting the sick or imprisoned, and instructing the lost. In all this, the Lord requires personal labor as proof of our love for our neighbor.
I’m especially mindful of this today because Lincoln’s assassination instantaneously triggered across the grieving northern states a response that should make us wince, if not shudder. Northerners hardly spoke with one voice, but a common response from northern pulpits was to speak in terms of ...
She writes, “I’ve hung on before—through the science wars, the gender wars, the Christmas wars, the culture wars—but I’m just so tired of fighting, so tired of feeling out of place. ” Also, be sure to read her excellent earlier post on “Some words for Christians on both ...
Personal Declension & Revival of Religion in the Soul by Octavius Winslow here (Incipient Declension, Declension in Love, Declension in Faith, Declension in Prayer, Doctrinal Error, On Grieving the Spirit, The Fruitless & the Fruitful Professor, The Lord, the Restorer of His People, and The Lor...
alienating instead of comforting, Vaneetha offers solid, simple, and godly alternatives for loving others, like ‘let’s sit with our suffering friends.’ What a wonderful reminder of Christ’s love and an actual example of how we can really show up when the going gets tough.”—Helen ...
re always there. They have lives of their own just like everyone but they have taken the time and effort to stay and be present when I felt like I was losing my mind and when I was grieving and searching for light. When I just needed a hand to hold and to feel that hand in mine...
re always there. They have lives of their own just like everyone but they have taken the time and effort to stay and be present when I felt like I was losing my mind and when I was grieving and searching for light. When I just needed a hand to hold and to feel that hand in mine...