Psalms 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. (NIV) Our Advent candles are Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy—and then on Christmas Eve we light the Christ Candle. How do you experience Christmas joy when you are battling cancer? Where is the peace? What happened to God’s love? It’s a reminder …
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I Literally Feel Like This Chair
The above picture and caption/title were recently posted by our daughter Amanda on Facebook. This is a very different blog for me. It’s about Amanda’s cancer, and a call I made to her husband Jake. I wrote it hoping the journal ChristianityToday/Pastors will print it for Jake, so I wrote it with that in mind. …
Why Cancer?
In July of 2012 I was speaking at a 5th - 6th grade summer camp. The first night I asked all the kids to write down a question for God and to hand it in. One girl, Kristina Rae Barrett wrote, “Dear God, Why did you give me cancer?” I knew Kristina’s dad since he …
Sure Hope This Is Legal
My friend Cole Holderman is at Stanford - and was published in The Stanford Journal of Public Health for this very personal article on siblings dealing with childhood cancer. It is an amazing combination of good research and personal experience. I downloaded the article, converted it to a word doc, and pasted it below, so …
Buy a Book, Help a Family Battling Cancer
Dear God, why did you give me cancer? Chad was in my youth group back in the 80s. In the summer of 2013 his daughter Kristina wrote me a note with that question. I tried to give an answer in Bizarre 2!, but fell short. One day I'll see her again, and she can show …
What Weird and the Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation Have in Common
As you may know, Bizarre 2! is dedicated to Kristina, the daughter of a close friend who died of cancer just as the book was going to print. The Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation was a place of refuge and help to the family throughout the process. So, I thought if the book was dedicated to …
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