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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
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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
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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
Post comments:4 Comments

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…

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