I don't often use this place to write personal posts, but this one is some (at times disconnected) ramblings that are personal. I think so many of us grieve and lose throughout the course of our lifetimes, that it feels fitting to write about grief. The week of Christmas 2023, my cat was diagnosed with … Continue reading I’m Just Loving Jo
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On Grief and Identity
Four years ago this month, Bill Gothard resigned from his position with IBLP/ATI. The held-in breaths of thousands of us were finally exhaled. We believed that that era had finally come to a close. In the years following, not a whole lot was heard about him. Until Monday. Monday brought a new round of sorrow … Continue reading On Grief and Identity
Fall Into Jesus
Grief reminds us that life is broken and sorrow reminds us that we are not whole. But we do not fall into despair. We fall into Jesus. We grieve hard and long. We mourn deeply and cry long. We feel the loss as close as the skin stretched tight over bone. Our faces are wet … Continue reading Fall Into Jesus
Down Here Looking Up 