A father in B.C. learns he has a deadly form of cancer.  How is he facing the challenge this Christmas season? Steve and Rachel Larsen clung to each other in a doctor's office that December day.  They had just received a stunning blow:  Steve, only 46, had cancer - and it was a bad strain.  "The tumor inside Steve's spinal cord is malignant,"...

Twelve days before Christmas, the mail brought a stack of season’s greetings and a divorce summons. As I gathered the envelopes, I had no idea that a single moment was about to slash decades of family memories and traditions: searching for a fresh, fragrant tree; snuggling by the fire as carols played; reminiscing over snapshots of a growing...

Nine truths about death and dying emerged from the intensive conversations Vancouver doctor David Kuhl had with people who were terminally ill: Time changes Being told that your disease will likely result in death causes time to freeze – then change.  Linear time, which the Greeks called chronus, gives way to kairos, time noted for its dimension...

"Be not mistaken: our cause is never more in doubt than when a human looking out upon a world from which every trace of the Enemy [Christ] has been banished, asks ‘Why have I been forsaken?’ and yet still obeys." - CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters Our difficult world We live in a world plagued by sickness, war, heartbreak and suffering of...

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice. A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company: The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook,...

In this video sermon, Glenn Driedger, director of church relations for Power to Change Ministries, shares about the death of his wife, how he worked through his grief, and what the Lord taught him through the experience. If you are dealing with grief, or know someone who is, we hope that this video will encourage and strengthen you during difficult...

Give life another chance. You may be reading this article because you are contemplating killing yourself. Or perhaps you know someone who is. If you are that person who has lost hope for your life, please read on. Let me talk to you personally. I realize that you may have already planned to end your life or even tried to. All you can think about...