Tag: hope

  • Asking a Fair Question

    Tamatha asked some hard questions about prayer on Facebook. Questions I couldn’t shake. She’s right about every word. This one? It’s for her. And for anyone else who’s been handed a ‘God had a plan’ speech when what they needed was someone to just sit down and shut up. fiveminuteobservations.com

  • The church failed me in my darkest hour. But God didn’t.

    I never imagined my son’s last words would sound so ordinary. “Goodnight, Mom. Goodnight, Dad.” Those words echo in my head. They were Jude’s last. Early Saturday morning, I came home after running 13.1 miles to find him unresponsive in his room. Death stole his life while I was running. Jude and I followed our…