“Harvesting Joy in a Season of Loss” by Guest Writer: Alison Kozlow

“The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.” Isaiah 51:3 NLT As I lowered my husband’s ashes into the ground, I felt like my faith, […]

“Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing” by Guest Writer: Hadassah Treu

I avoided looking at photos in these first months after my husband died. I simply could not stand the piercing pain stabbing my heart when my eyes fell on his face smiling from a photo. Maybe you too miss a loved one.  Then you know this heavy mixture of sorrow, grief, sadness, discontent and anxiety. […]