It’s not often that reading a story online makes me cry, but Singing Man: Story Behind the Viral Video of Ben Ellis on The Gospel Coalition did yesterday. Ben Ellis was a teacher at a Christian school in Nashville diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer. He loved Jesus and loved singing to Jesus. Recently, a video went viral […]
Suffering
Entrusting Your Soul to a Faithful Creator: A Tribute to My Mother
The following is what I shared at my mother’s funeral service on March 25, 2016. Sharing a tribute for someone who means so much to me is a daunting task. How can I do justice to briefly honor my mom when I could speak for hours? …I could share about how much I enjoyed great […]
Praying to Make the Most of the Grieving Process
The past five months have been very difficult for my mother. Her battle against cancer intensified this past October, and she has been feeling physically beat up, has been in and out of the hospital, and has had every tube known to man connected to her body to nourish her. And last week, she began […]
God is strong enough to carry our heaviest burdens
You may have heard (or shared) the popular phrase, “God will not give you more than you can handle.” I’m convinced that that phrase is entirely unhelpful. (It’s also not in the Bible.) Who defines what we can handle? Most of the times we want to, but it doesn’t work like that. Yes, it’s true […]
