Grief

Thankful for a Mother's Devotion

As we enter the season of thanksgiving, we thought you might like to read this email that Ed Welch sent to CCEF colleagues after his mother passed away in September. Her blessings to him will leave you feeling blessed as well.

When Suffering Won't Go Away Part 3


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Dr. David Powlison contrasts our sinful reactions to suffering with the response of Jesus Christ.

When Suffering Won't Go Away Part 2


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Part Two of Dr. Powlison's conversation of chronic suffering.

A Christian Perspective on Grief


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David Powlison discusses a Christian perspective on Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' five stages of grief.

Grief: Finding Hope Again

I’ll never forget those grief-stricken eyes – sad, hollow, distant. She watched helplessly as her husband’s life withered away. He was a good man in his early forties, the father of two children, and committed to Christ, family, and ministry. Her husband’s dying pushed her to the borders of her faith. What good, what love, what meaning could she find in the death of this young husband and father? How could God let this happen?

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