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Dan & Kristin Naylor share the story of their daughter Abby who lost her life in the womb due to an umbilical twist. The Naylors talk about the realities of their grief, difficulties of returning to church, and how God met them in their pain and walked with them....
We were invited to share our story of losing Tristan with Teresa Davis on The Grief Mentor Podcast. We talk about how God walked us through those darkest of days and continues to be alongside us today. Also on YouTube
Gary & Laura House, of the Our Hearts Are Home ministry, asked me to contribute our story to their book "Held Through the Storm: Stories of Suicide Loss and Hope in Christ" Don't just buy it for my story. There are amazing men and women of God shining brightly...
My daughter, McKenna, illustrated a children's book for author Doug Bond and P&R Publishing. It's part of Doug's A Poem With A Promise series. "God's Servant Ruth tells the story of Naomi, Boaz, and Ruth in verse. This beautifully illustrated book explains...
In the second half of Psalm 118 we see the Christologic connections to Christ and redemptive plan of salvation emerge from the historic musical procession of the Israelites as they thank God for their deliverance. We learn that the crisis that threatened their...
There are 6 messages in this series on Psalm 22. This is a rich psalm filled with marvelous insight to encourage and comfort the suffering Christian. It provides some of the grandest truths in all of Scripture, Job-like in it's intensity and Revelation-like in it's...
Many of the psalms are birthed out of situations of suffering, pain, and disappointment. As life doesn’t unfold for us as we thought it would, our confusion over life’s realities shake our trust in the things we put our hope in. Our carefully laid out plans, the...
There is one verse in Job that I find to be outrageous. It’s a statement made by fool named Bildad. Bildad has a theory about why all ten of Job’s children were killed by a whirlwind. In fact, it’s not just a theory, it’s a theology. It’s a stunning, out-of-bounds...
Two years ago today my wife and I buried our 18yo son, our third child, Tristan, who took his life by his own hand. When someone learns about our loss, the most common response we hear is, “I’m so sorry! I can’t imagine what you’re going through!” That’s a correct...
...and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Eccl 12:7 This is a morbid verse. I seem to be drawn to dwell on morbid things since losing a child. Verses like these consume me because this is the reality where my heart and...
Have you ever found it hard to sing at church? For more than a year after my son’s death, not only could I not sing in church, I couldn’t even listen to music. My wife was different. She needed music playing all the time, and played Shane & Shane endlessly. That’s...