Tag: tragedy
Put One Foot in Front of the Other (How to move forward after a suicide)
Yesterday morning I was working at the office when the email came. The brief message began with these words… It is with a sad heart that [we inform you that] one of our own students took their life last night. My jaw dropped. My heart broke. My mind immediately went to the parents, to the…
The GOD of Tragedy (How GOD Works Good out of Bad)
Perhaps it’s just my perception, but the world seems to be filled with more tragedy recently. National headlines included numerous shootings, including the terrible Newtown school shootings, a shooting at a Portland, Ore. shopping mall, and what seems like countless suicides. Closer to home, people we know have been affected by various tragedies and deaths.…
