When you’ve experienced church abuse, or any significant loss, it’s easy to get stuck in a form of exile where you feel lost and disoriented. This post offers a brief roadmap to help people find the path to recovery.

In November of 2023, Anderson Cooper sat down with President Biden to talk about grief on Anderson’s “All There Is” podcast. Take time to face your grief and let God use it to change you into the person you are meant to be.

Experiencing loss is much like being sent into a deep emotional exile. The intense grief that accompanies loss can leave you feeling isolated and disconnected from the life you once knew and cherished. However, it is possible to find your way back. Here are five practical steps you can take to begin the journey of healing and restoration, ultimately returning to a life full of hope and flourishing.

When everything has been stripped from your life and you stand alone and “naked” what do you do? Where do you find your worth? What can you learn about yourself? Facing your nakedness can be a turning point for you.

When you’ve experienced a setback (exile) it’s natural to experience isolation and loneliness. But God never abandons us. He sends us companions to comfort us.

When you experience a loss or setback, it’s easy to go into denial rather than face the painful emotions of anger, fear, and sadness.

The holidays magnify the pain and grief of our losses, especially the loss of loved ones. But for that very reason, God can use the holidays to bring healing and a new life to the bereaved.

Grief is not a place to live but a process to move through to a place where life is good again. Henri Nouwen offers his wisdom on how to approach loss.

When suicide takes a loved one, it’s a painful, confusing time. These words, spoken at a funeral of a victim of suicide, might help you if you have lost a loved one.

Nothing can be worse than losing a child. How does one recover from something like that? This brief post points the way to how to grieve and move on from the loss of a child.

When you suffer a tragedy it’s easy to want to connect some spiritual meaning to it. But be careful not to over spiritualize a tragedy.

This is part two in a three part series on tragedy and loss. In this post F. Remy Diederich looks at our need to blame someone in the face of tragedy, even God.

There are natural questions that haunt us after the loss of a loved one or another tragedy. But be careful what you believe in these moments. It’s important to not try to have all the answers.

When a friend hurts, do you know what to say… or what NOT to say? Here are seven ways to help the people who are hurting in your life.

When bad things happen, the natural response is to deny it, or strike out against it, or try to make a deal. These are all stages of grief. It’s important to work through the grief cycle so you can claim your new life.

Richard Rohr speaks about there being two halves to life. In order to successfully enter the second half it requires a stripping of much of what you’ve worked hard to achieve. This post is part of a series taken from the book, Return from Exile.

When we experience a setback we often fear the worsts case scenario… losing everything. But Richard Rohr helps us to see that losing everything can bring freedom.

When you have a need that no one wants to meet it can cause anger. That anger can deepen your sense of loss and exile.

Experiencing and recovering from a deep loss brings mixed emotions. In this post we hear from the mother whose son is recovering from a brain tumor.

A setback, coupled with loss, is what leads to exile. There are three main emotions associated with setback and loss. Don’t run from them. Embrace them to learn what God wants to show you about yourself.