Good Grief
October 8 – November 5, 2023

God, Will You Help? Psalm 46 – 2023/11/5

By talking about grief within our community of faith, we begin to realize that "when we bring space and warmth to our painful emotions, they are free to arise, do their little dance, and move on. We also know that [...]

God, Why Have You Abandoned Me? Psalm 22 – 2023/10/29

We can hold on to the promise that God is there for us and that God is there with us. And as people of faith in a true, authentic relationship with God, we can hold God accountable. We have every [...]

God, Why Are You Punishing Me? Job 3 – 2023/10/22

Our sacred text constantly reminds us that our God is big enough to handle our doubts, to handle our fears, to handle our worries, to handle our anger, to handle our questions and still…and still be in relationship with us, [...]

God, Do You Care? Psalm 139: 1-18 – 2023/10/15

As as we begin to process our grief, we are in the unique position to connect the pain and suffering in others' lives to Jesus’ pain and suffering. Because what we discovered and experienced in our own grief is the [...]

God, Are You Even There? Psalm 13 – 2023/10/8

Whether a loss is from a physical death, divorce, declining health, bankruptcy, life transitions, finding gray hair and more wrinkles on our faces when we look in the mirrors, grief from our children growing up and becoming more independent and [...]