Messy Spirituality

For both CNN and Fox, one of the top news stories was one I spoke of in a previous post, Grief taken to the final point.  Now it has been revealed that the man had hurt the children prior to the fire he set.  Do we need to live through another families pain and suffering … [Read more…]

To be young and step out and take that chance of asking someone out.  With all the fear of waiting for the no, but knowing all along you can’t get a yes, unless you ask.  Teens and the dating game and even adults take chances of rejection all the time.  The rewards can be great … [Read more…]

I have been watching this movie.  Now with a different eye.  The father is not happy because his daughter is “getting old” and does not have prospects of getting married.  So when the now boyfriend comes to the house, he does not want him dating, why, he is upset at not being asked in the … [Read more…]

Every year someone wins and someone looses.  Some people make money, some loose.  People get carried away with their celebration and other carried away with the grief over the loss.  Check out this article about those that were unhappy after the loss.  Their grief turned into anger and then arrest by the police, followed now I am … [Read more…]

I checked out Fox News.  Main headline was about a man killing himself and his sons.  There is so much more going on here.  The grief of what this man endured appears to be a major causal factor in the murder suicide.  It is painful to see people do this.  I feel saddened to see him … [Read more…]

As part of this Loss and Grief project I started.  I took a look at both the Fox News and CNN web sites under their World sections.  Here are their top stories at the same time:Fox Over 200 dead in Syrian town as UN votes down resolutionProtesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world in wake … [Read more…]

As I start this blog, I contemplate the loss our family is going through now.  We are a split family for the time being.  My kids and I are living on campus at Wartburg Seminary, while my wife and the kids mother, continues to live in Illinois.  We are not separated but there is a great … [Read more…]