Each Friday, I’ll post links to 3–5 resources from around the web you may want to check out.
When childless becomes grandchildless
This is a sad and touching reflection on childlessness. I appreciated Karen Swallow Prior’s honesty, and her words are beautiful.
You realize you will never know what kind of grandparent you would have been, what kind of birthday parties you would have hosted, special outings you would have planned, spoiling you would have done and dreams you’d have helped fund. But you think you would have been a good one.
Let the Bible Help You Understand Depression
Kathryn Butler helps us understand depression through a Biblical lens and offers some Biblical hope for those who are suffering.
Understanding these truths can guide sufferers back to their hope in Christ when they need it most. In Sarah’s case, a gradual and careful walk through Scripture with compassionate church leaders was life-giving. As she wrestled to see the realities of her depression through a biblical lens, Sarah learned to trust God’s sovereignty and mercy, to express her despair through lament, and to lean on the church for support.
Our Mother-tongue Is Love; A Sonnet for Pentecost
Our poem of the week: this sonnet for Pentecost, by Malcolm Guite. Even though we’re two weeks past Pentecost on the church calendar, I think you might enjoy this.
On the WPCA Blog This Week
This week on the blog we published an article I wrote called A Christian Alternative to Optimism and Pessimism. If you haven’t already seen it, check it out!
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