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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…

How to find hope in emptiness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:November 9, 2020
Post category:creation cross emptiness God's character living longing redemption suffering transformation truth weakness
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It’s early when I walk past the playground, and the swings hang empty, waiting. No one plays on the slide. There’s a stillness here that could just be the calm…

What God Does With Weakness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:September 21, 2020
Post category:control dependence fear grace in Christ smallness suffering transformation weakness
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The smoky haze that has been lying low over our city is gone today, and as I bike I can once again see mountains stretching toward the sky. My heart…

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