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September 2026

September 28, 2026

Why Is Saying Goodbye to a Pet So Painful?

A reader wrote our ministry to share her pain over putting down her elderly dog,...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

What a Grieving Christian Needs to Know

In this video clip from my interview with Costi Hinn, I share the importance of...

February 2026

February 05, 2026

Christians Can Grieve Death with Both Realism and Solid Hope

Our ministry is often contacted by those who are grieving, looking for guidance after a...

January 2026

January 05, 2026

Entering the Holiday Season with Both Grief and Thanksgiving

The holiday season is challenging, here in my fourth year without Nanci: first there’s Thanksgiving...

October 2025

October 27, 2025

For Those Who Love Jesus, Death Is a Temporary Separation

While my book Heaven centers on the New Earth, the eternal Heaven, we often receive questions about what...

June 2025

June 16, 2025

Grieving the Death of Your Mom, with Hope

My mom grew up in the Dalles, Oregon, and worked at Charles F. Berg clothing...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

Always Walk into, Not Away from, People’s Grief

I experienced profound grief when my mother died when I was in my twenties. She...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

When Grief Leaves You Feeling Hopeless and Purposeless

Our ministry sometimes hears from those who are grieving and feel completely hopeless and purposeless...

January 2025

January 20, 2025

The Comfort and Friendship of Jesus in Our Grief

Over the four-plus years my beloved wife Nanci faced cancer, there were many good reports...

December 2024

December 23, 2024

Dallas Holm, How Studying Heaven Provides Comfort in Grief

I mentioned in a past blog about my long-time appreciation for Dallas Holm’s praise song “I Will...

December 12, 2024

Walking with Jesus in Grief: My Interview with Sean McDowell

When God created humankind, death didn’t exist. Death is the result of our broken connection...

October 2024

October 17, 2024

An Eternal Perspective Brings Us Great Comfort in Grief

I doubt many people have talked together more about eternity than Nanci and I did....

October 10, 2024

Healthy Grief Is Centered on God’s Promises

I’ve heard it said, “There’s no wrong way to grieve.” I disagree. Certainly, there are...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

I Will Rise Again

This is a blast from the past, at least for those of us old enough...

May 2024

May 06, 2024

An Index of My Writings on Loss, Grief, and Eternal Hope

In the years since Nanci’s cancer diagnosis, and her subsequent homecoming in March 2022, grief...

April 2024

April 22, 2024

What I’ve Learned about Grieving With Hope

Tomorrow, March 28, marks two years since Nanci entered the presence of Jesus, after a four-year...

June 2023

June 15, 2023

Comforting Grieving People and Encouraging Them to Hold on to Solid Truth

Nancy Guthrie’s disabled daughter, Hope, died after living through 199 days of seizures and other...

May 2023

May 22, 2023

Trusting His Loving Purposes: My Message on Nanci, Suffering, and Heaven at California Baptist University

On March 21, I gave a 30-minute chapel message at California Baptist University. They asked me...

April 2023

April 17, 2023

God’s Gift of Gracie

Two years ago, the arrival of our Double Doodle puppy, Gracie, brought new energy and...

April 15, 2023

The Four Biggest Assets in My Grief

Grieving a loved one’s death is a long, often lonely, always painful process. Four key...

April 06, 2023

The Great Reunion Awaits: Reflections a Year After Nanci Entered Heaven

A year ago on March 28, 2022, I said goodbye—for now—to my wife, Nanci, who...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

Is It OK for a Christian to Grieve the Loss of a Pet?

A reader recently wrote our ministry: “I am a believer and follower of Jesus Christ....

December 2022

December 29, 2022

The Best Part of Christmas Is Immanuel, “God with Us”

In the Old Testament, we read how God kept reaching down to His people: “The...

December 19, 2022

A Season of Many Firsts without Nanci by My Side

This is a year of “firsts,” that is, the first of many things without Nanci...

December 08, 2022

An Eternal Perspective on Suffering, Loss, and Grief

Last month I spoke at the services of my home church, Good Shepherd Community Church....

October 2022

October 31, 2022

Heaven Isn’t Just Consolation, It’s Restoration, the Fulfillment of Our Deepest Hopes and Desires

We long for a return to Paradise—a perfect world, without the corruption of sin, where...

October 27, 2022

What Happens to Us When We Die?

Dead people don’t come back and tell us what they’ve experienced. But we can know...

September 2022

September 24, 2022

The Opening Weekend of NFL Football, and Christ’s Companionship in Unanticipated Grief

Last week Nanci’s sister Donna initiated a conversation between my daughters Karina and Angela and...

September 08, 2022

Remembering Nanci, Anticipating Heaven: My Interview on the Chris Fabry Show

A friend recently asked how I’m doing. Nanci’s absence in my life is profound, but...

June 2022

June 20, 2022

He Will Turn Our Grief into Joy

God doesn’t only promise to replace our grief with joy, but to turn it into joy. Jesus said, “I...

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