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When You Ache for Those You Love

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:September 13, 2021
Post category:God's character lament ministry suffering
Post comments:5 Comments

17 years, 4 months, and 26 days ago, I first stepped out of a four-seater plane onto the packed dirt airstrip high in the mountains of Afghanistan near the little…

The Good News About Weakness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:May 10, 2021
Post category:dependence God's faithfulness God's love suffering weakness
Post comments:4 Comments

There’s a place I pass on my morning bike ride where branches dip down to graze the clouds of white bloom that reach up toward them. It looks to me,…

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
Post comments:2 Comments

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…

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