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How to Live Easter’s Hope in Friday’s Pain

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:April 12, 2021
Post category:death Easter God's love lament suffering
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Covid cases continue to rise. A friend is diagnosed with aggressive cancer. Another wrestles with deciding how best to care for his wife with advanced Alzheimer’s. I return again to…

When your heart cries for our breaking world: a Pentecost prayer

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:June 1, 2020
Post category:beauty creation death God's character lament transformation
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Yesterday was Pentecost, that day we remember and rejoice in the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the first disciples. As I biked my route in the early morning drizzle,…

One thing to do when you’re hurting

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:June 3, 2019
Post category:birth God's character God's faithfulness God's love gratitude illness intimacy lament loss obstetrics suffering thanksgiving transformation trust weakness
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“Push into the burning,” I used to tell laboring women when their time to push had come. Some did it naturally, unable to hold back from the powerful forces at…

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