Shared Stories

Painting the picture of being embraced; yearning to make sense of our grief; discovering the role a lovestruck God gives us in His story. May these stories help us find our own places in the greatest story ever told.

Explore and embrace the story of your grief, a story that opens up your future and glorifies God.

Steve McAtee

God has the Power to Make Beauty of Ashes

By Katherine McAtee - My story is full of twists and turns that life has thrown at me over my 27 years. My one and only brother passed...

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Loss, Grief, and Miracles

By: David Landolt On June 4,2001, our daughter Jenny Rose drowned in our back yard pool. Within minutes, our front yard was full of First...

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The thread of suffering - Why God?

By: Anonymous With the number of close losses in my life, I noticed a thread running through them all. Why? Why did they have to suffer...

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My father just passed away yesterday, I'm on my way to his funeral

By: Andy Sharpe Here I am, in shock… sitting at a booth in Ethiopia. It's been less than 12 hours since my wife, Lisa, called me to tell...

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The Miracle of Christmas Night 2002

The Miracle of Christmas Night 2002 - By John Dozier, Jr. I experienced a supernatural event in my father’s garden on Christmas night...

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To Those Who Suffer the Same Way I Do

By Maddy Baisch I lost my Brother, Jack, about three years ago. I don't know why we were not able to find him, he was so close but just...

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Turning Pain into Glimpses of Joy

Turning pain into glimpses of joy - Megan Huntley There is a blown up picture on my desk of my brother Jack with his long curly Colorado...