Many caregivers can identify with Martha’s complaint. Many more would be helped by imitating Mary.

Briefly Sunday night I couldn’t contain the negative emotions or stop the agitated outburst.

This is the “kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.”

Benevolent lies are stock-in-trade for Alzheimer’s caregivers. But I couldn’t think of any way to respond to a question that struck at the core of what she’s facing.

Despite his great learning from the Old Testament Scriptures, Nicodemus still had trouble acknowledging the divinity of the One those Scriptures had foretold. His was a struggle that has been repeated from his time till now.

Another trip to the hospital for a condition that hadn’t taken us there before. How many more trips will there be?

Jesus loved him. Jesus called him. We can say both are true for us, too.

A caregiver’s plea for help in dealing with his task reminded me of conclusions that have come to me in more than five years of caregiving.

We can identify with the generosity reported in this passage because we’re still seeing it in the church today.

A reader asked for advice, and that’s not what this blog is about. But maybe some stories from my experience will help him.

The passage has just one message, and it is a truth for every person in any situation.

You must protect your relationship so you can “be the husband” they told me. I’m still working to decide and discover what that means.

Even with many legitimate criticisms and concerns for the church today, we read today’s passage and see that the church came from God.

I thought the pressure of making difficult decisions would end with Evelyn living in residential care. Saturday morning I realized that end won’t likely be anytime soon.

They could have left to pursue their own devices. But instead they gathered and prayed and watched and waited. And in their wait, they set an example for each of us.

The list helps me keep from living my life haphazardly. I don’t accomplish every goal every day, but these are a good checklist for every week.

This account of breakfast with Jesus is one of the most compelling in Scripture. Let’s think about the simple meal Jesus himself fixed for his amazed disciples.

I’m living alone, and I’ve decided to cope with that by not always staying alone. So I invited three couples for dinner. Like everything else in my life now, it felt odd, a strange mix of the familiar with the all-new.

We often hear “doubting Thomas” said with a sneer, as if it’s wrong to think twice before deciding to believe something fantastic. But maybe we need to give Thomas a break.

Gradual cognitive decline followed by critical weakness in his body led to our separation after decades of being together.