grief

Image of a hand on a casket for an article on Ecclesiastes reveals lessons learned at the funeral. Not the nursery or the wedding ceremony, but at the graveyard, in seasons of mourning.

Lessons Learned At the Funeral

November 15, 2025
Editor's Note: This article is a modified transcript of a recent message by Scott Pauley. The timeframe was soon after the public assassination of Charlie Kirk. In it, Scott delves...
The greatest illustration for grief is a wound. Whatever stage of the journey you are in, come to God. Bring your wounds of grief to the great Physician. Here are some Bible truths for those who have a broken heart due to the loss of a loved one. This article contains helpful truth from the Bible for believers who were grieving after suffering loss.

Wounds of Grief: Bible Truth for Broken Hearts

June 10, 2025
The greatest illustration of grief is a wound. Wounds vary in severity. Wounds heal differently. Different injuries leave different scars. Generally, there is a sudden shock as the initial pain...
God has provided a way for every believer to help: pray for the grieving. Here are 20 Bible Prayers for the grieving to help you begin...

20 Ways to Pray for the Grieving

March 18, 2025
How to Pray for the Grieving Every time we hear of the passing of a loved one, there is an overwhelming sense of inadequacy and helplessness. We want to DO...
Navigating Grief, Psalm 31, loss of a loved one, how to trust God in grief

Navigating Grief

January 30, 2025
3 Truths For Navigating Grief The empty chair, the favorite song, or the old pictures trigger a deep sorrow for those who are no longer with us. In recent weeks,...
Graveyard. The human viewpoint and the divine are so very different. This tension between two perspectives has always existed. Paul wrote to believers in 1 Thessalonians 4:13, "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." Truth is the difference between hope and no hope. So in these days full of so many questions, my thoughts have returned to what I know to be true. Permit me to share 5 Reflections on Life and Death.

5 Reflections on Life and Death

November 19, 2022
This year has been a year of loss. In God's economy, loss is so often gain if we are ready to receive it. Somewhere in the midst of loss there...