Sometimes there's great gain in asking ourselves, "What specifically do we need from God?" and then telling him what we decided!

I'm learning about loneliness in this new chapter. And many weeks, as I consider my situation, I actually apply what I'm learning!

I'll never regret the night I laid out my complaints to God. Now I realize I was practicing a key component of lament.

"Remember the forgetting" is the headline I wrote for my home page. I had no idea what I was saying.

We may pray with the psalmist, "How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?" And we may find from the psalmist a pathway to hope.

It is possible to experience happiness and grief at the same time. A weekend with lifetime friends proved it.

Pain and heartbreak and overwhelming grief are the perfect times to pray. Prayer has never been more real for some than in such moments of crisis.

A new series of Monday meditations will give us examples to help us embrace God's gift of lament.

Of the four Bible questions repeated n this short series, perhaps none came with more urgency than the Roman jailer’s.

Which is worse? To see a young life snatched away too soon? Or to watch a long life twist to a tortured end?

We could find an answer to this question about anyone we know. What does it tell us they wanted to kill him for the answer he would have given about himself?

We live in an age of constant change, even though our instinct is to resist it. But for caregivers like me, facing change is a weekly challenge.

I need look no farther than the place Evelyn lives to find my answer to the question Jesus asked.

Everyone who knows about Alzheimer’s anticipates that Evelyn is not doing well. But my new friend asked about me.

Mary and Joseph did not understand the question Jesus asked. But it leads us to reevaluate a question we may be asking God.

I don’t know why I had tears that morning. But a story from Scripture gave me a new idea.

“Why do I deserve this?” We may ask the question when bad times come our way. Do we think to ask it when we’ve received a special blessing?

Another family vacation without Evelyn. Wonderful—and sad.

Jesus couldn’t ignore their bold move, but he gave them more than they likely expected.

I was getting a little bored with the book till I came to the last chapter and realized Tucci had touched something far more profound than what we’ll fix for dinner.