Sunday was the first time back in church since we lost Judah and Micah. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect – but it was hard. I was in worship for the morning service, assisted with serving communion, and then was also in a short chapel service in the evening. I found it very hard […]
Archives for November 2010
The Neverness of Loss
Nicholas Wolterstorff writes in his book “Lament for a Son” that “it’s the neverness that is so painful…all the rest of our lives we must live without him.” Tomorrow will mark the two week mark since we went to the hospital for the day that our lives were changed forever. I don’t remember much from […]
Ready for Kids
While we were up in Murphys this past weekend, I got a chance to do some re-reading of books I’ve read in the past, but obviously have much more meaning to me now. The first one I read was Nicholas Wolterstorff’s “Lament for a Son.” This was a book I read in seminary, in which […]
Little One, Born to Bring us Such Love
Our good friend Adam sent us a nice email the other day, and included the words to the hymn “Little One, Born to Bring us Such Love.” As he said in his email, “it seems, sadly, amazingly fitting” for our loss of Micah and Judah. I’m fairly certain I’ve never heard the tune to this […]
Grace Bomb: Online Prayers
The prayers and support for us continue, both in more traditional forms of cards, notes, flowers and meals prepared – and we are continually grateful for those things. And in some more non-traditional forms, like grace bombs. An online friend I’ve never met, known by many as Pastor Nar, set up a grace bomb for […]