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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...

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...

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...

December 2024

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...

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...

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 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 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....

December 05, 2022

Will We Have Regrets at the Judgment Seat of Christ?

When Kirk Cousins, starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, interviewed me, one of the great questions he...

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...

June 2022

June 16, 2022

Nanci’s Death Isn’t the End of Our Relationship, Only a Temporary Interruption

I’ve been reflecting on the changes in our home with Nanci gone. The house is...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Sorrow’s End

Contemplating the final end of sorrow has brought me great comfort in these first months...

May 23, 2022

Freedom and Comfort in Truth

As Nanci dealt with suffering and faced her death, I saw greater joy and more...

May 19, 2022

A Happy Ending without an End

In light of Nanci’s departure to be with Jesus seveb weeks ago, a kind sister...

May 16, 2022

Conflict with a Purpose

It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own...

April 2022

April 07, 2022

The Weakness of Suffering Is a Workroom for God’s Grace

We come into this world needy, and we leave it the same way. Without suffering...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

Rediscovering Your God-Given Identity after Loss

Last fall I had the privilege of being on a Zoom call talking about Heaven...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

A Flood Swept Away His Wife and Children: The Story of Robert Rogers

In writing my book If God Is Good, I interviewed dozens of believers who have experienced...

August 2021

August 16, 2021

In Our Trials, God Is Driving Us Toward His Goodness

I love these thoughts from Abigail Dodds, the author of (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called...

May 2021

May 31, 2021

A Grieving Mom on the Biblical Teaching about Heaven: “I Grabbed It as Though It Were a Life Preserver

Not long ago a reader shared a profound comment in reply to a post on my...

September 2020

September 17, 2020

Christians Grieve the Death of Believing Loved Ones, But We Don’t Grieve Without Hope

Death is not a natural part of life as God intended it. It is the...

December 2019

December 02, 2019

The Problem of Evil and Suffering, as Faced by Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Whose Perspective May Surprise You

Please take nine minutes to watch this video, beautifully produced by Desiring God, featuring a woman...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

20 Years after Columbine, and Thoughts from Darrell Scott, Father of Rachel Joy Scott, on Preparing for Suffering

Last month on April 20, was the 20th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High...

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