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When Grief and Faith Collide

You know that moment when grief and faith collide? When everything you thought you believed runs headfirst into the reality of what you’ve lost? It happens in hospital waiting rooms when the doctor’s face tells the story before the words come. It happens at kitchen tables when the divorce papers arrive or the job offer […]

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faith ministry

Jesus’ Pastoral Care (1 of 2)

What kind of pastoral care did Jesus provide? I was challenged to consider this question by a co-worker last week who used the story of Lazarus as an example. Here are the opening lines of this narrative from John 11, TNIV: 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village […]