by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 20, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Hi, everybody! This month we’ve been talking about embodiment and mindfulness–how to understand the mind/body connection. I thought that theme fit in well with Christmas, because in Christmas our God actually took on bodily form. The incarnation shows us...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 22, 2021 | Grief
Can you “get over” grief? Can you recover from the loss of a child, the loss of a spouse, or the loss of a parent so that life can become normal again? A few years ago I wrote an important post on what grief looks like, and that post has been shared a...
by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 4, 2020 | Grief
When someone you love is grieving, how can you reach out and do something tangible to help? Today is the 24th anniversary of my son Christopher’s death (you can read more about that here). I know many of you have walked through grief, too: miscarriages,...
by Joanna Sawatsky | Nov 12, 2019 | Grief
Sometimes life is just hard. And it’s often birthdays and holidays that mark the passage of time, and remind us when life isn’t going as planned. I write most of the posts on this blog, but I have a small team behind me. Rebecca (my daughter) writes a ton,...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 11, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Family, Podcasts
It’s time for a new episode of the To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! And consider this podcast...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | May 10, 2019 | Grief
Most times, I post a piece celebrating moms the Friday before Mother’s Day. But there are many women on this blog and in our communities who struggle with infertility, miscarriages, or infant loss. If that’s your story, today I wanted to dedicate this...