How to reduce the pain in the world.

Your job is to reduce the pain in the world. Where do you start? The title of this blog was a little clickbaitish for sure, and you may have elected to read this because you thought you might find some answers. Sorry, pal. This isn’t the answer you wanted. What I did want to do […]

Emotional and spiritual pain

Pain is a gift.

Pain is a gift. Isn’t that just about the most counterintuitive thing you’ve ever heard? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, because there are lots of hurting folks out there. Maybe you’re one of them. Here’s what has me pondering this morning. It’s some ancient script from 1 Peter 4:12-13. It may be […]

The gift of pain and loss.

This is one you probably want to avoid, based on the title, right? But I think you’ll be encouraged.