Hope & Dying – New Research. I’ve talked about my friend Buck’s death and the report of a new research project on hope. I decided to repeat the post for those who missed it and rename it Buck Buckley, Remember. When you are your loved one is dying, where can you find hope? Is there any hope? Today in…
Hope & Dying – New Research. When you’re dying, where can you find hope? Is there any hope? Today in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, new scientific evidence revealed the importance of hope in the face of death. Hospice. Palliative Care. Dying. Hope. A major aim of the research project was to…
If you missed this inspirational minute, don’t miss it this time–read “Almost Martyred for Faith.”
Is Suicide Ok? Do you believe 24-year-old Laura should be allowed to take her life by lethal injection even though she’s not terminally ill? Just because Laura says, “Life, that’s not for me,” is it right for her to end her life? Her doctors and government say, “Yes.” This is a highly debated and complicated…
Her Kind of Faith Was Destined To Fail When difficult health problems or other painful crises strike, many find their faith ineffective, and sometimes virtually worthless. Why is that? Faith doesn’t work for some because what they think is faith is not faith at all. You Don’t Need More Faith If you…
3 Ways Faith Helps in a Fatal Disease. If physicians say you or your loved one has a fatal disease, how can faith help? Many say their faith made all the difference. I’ve found that faith helps most people in 3 main ways: 1. Your Faith in God reminds you of your PAST. Faith is…
Don’t Do This to Your Family Bill Nichols, Ph.D. No one thought it would happen. But it did. Harrison could have easily prevented his family all the conflict, heartache and tension. Don’t let this happen to you. More importantly, don’t do this to your family. Harrison was only forty-five and was never seriously…
What would you say to a young husband and father who suddenly fears his wife and children are dead? Jonathan McComb and his wife, Laura, and their two children, were at a cabin in Wimberley when flood-waters unexpectedly swept their cabin downstream. Jonathan was the only one found alive. All of us in the Texas…
Harriet Felt Two-faced Harriet felt dishonest. In between sobs and attempts to regain her composure, she confessed her weariness from acting like her faith was fine when it was not. For a while Harriet’s two-faced faith was able to fool her Sunday friends but she could not fool her conscience. Her dishonesty was…