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What is Immovable
What is immovable when what we want most is so, so very movable? When my women friends face reproductive losses in their lives, many live in the limbo of not knowing if or when a reproductive success will last or end in failure. Subsequent failures make it nearly impossible to hang onto hope. Yet, just…
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The Direction of Grief
Photo credit: Deborah Cotorceanu Today is September 1, 2025. Yesterday (the last Sunday of August) was International Bereaved Father’s Day. Father’s grieve too, and sometimes we overlook this… Take a moment to be aware of grieving fathers that you may know. There is a Psalm that speaks to the direction of grief. Psalm 56, although…
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The Fountain in Drought
As human beings, trusting doesn’t come naturally to us. It has to be a decision based upon trustworthy revelations. Honestly, the Almighty God of the Bible has given us more than enough trustworthy revelations to go on. But, in times of suffering and loss, we default to fear and anxiety. How can it be so…
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Bereaved Mother’s Day
It’s 2025 and the Kairos Eight25 Support Group hosted an event on May 4th inviting mothers of various ages to be honored, to remember their losses of children, and to acknowledge their grief. It was also a time to recognize women who, for whatever reason, cannot be a mother. Was it sorrowful? Yes. Was it…
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Embryo Adoption Story
Our story started with a married couple in love who both truly desired kids their entire life. We had two early miscarriages in 2018 and proceeded to run some tests. We found out we had female and male fertility issues. It was advised to go straight to IVF (In vitro fertilization) and to also prevent…
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Without Form and Void
“Tohu wabohu”is a Hebrew word introduced in the Creation story in Genesis meaning “without form and void” – it is part of the story where God’s finest work in Creation is heralded – that is, God bringing something amazing out of what was formless, empty, and dark. This is Who He is. This is a…
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Wait in Hope
There is so much we can do while waiting. One thing to do is to ponder God’s Sovereignty. Psalm 33 describes God this way: He loves righteousness and justice; He gathers the waters of the sea into heaps; He used His words to Create; He is able to foil and thwart the plans of people;…
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Suffering With Hope
I am pondering the juxtaposition of suffering and hope, which I know is only simultaneously possible by the grace and strength of Jesus Christ. About these two seemingly opposing realities, the apostle Paul says in Romans 8:18-23 (NKJV), “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with…
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Not My Dreams
God, I want what You want, really. Your dreams are better than mine, Your wisdom is wider, Your design is perfect, You created me for Your own delight. I thought my dreams were Your dreams But hit up against a gap of great magnitude, My disappointments, my losses are too great I can’t fathom a…
