Category Archives: Hope for the Hurting

Remember Sandra Parks

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Gordon Grose

“Mom, I’m shot!”–Sandra Parks Remember Sandra Parks. One of the more recent tragic episodes in gun violence highlights inner-city crime with this heart-breaking story. Just this past week, for example,  sitting in her home in Milwaukie, Wisconsin, a stray bullet took … Continue reading →

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Everything Happens For A Reason (Doesn’t It?) Concl.

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Gordon Grose

[This is the second of a two-part review of Bowler’s Everything Happens For A Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved (Random House, 2018), an account of her diagnosis with cancer against the backdrop of the prosperity Gospel, about which she … Continue reading →

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Everything Happens For A Reason (Doesn’t It?)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Gordon Grose

Book Review: Kate Bowler, Everything Happens For A Reason And Other Lies I’ve Loved, Random House, 2018. Against the backdrop of the American prosperity gospel, about which she wrote a history (Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, Oxford, … Continue reading →

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Hope for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients-2018

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Gordon Grose

On November 24 and December 8, our son Paul and I shared information about a strange illness newly “discovered” by the medical community. Myalgic Encephalomyalitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) been around for a few decades, but even with a couple … Continue reading →

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms (CFS) II: Guest Blog

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Gordon Grose

On November 24, I published a blog on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In it I called attention to Paul Grose, our son, who, along with his wife Juli, has experienced the debilitating effects of CFS (now renamed Myalgic Encephalomyalitis ME/CFS) … Continue reading →

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): Hope For Treatment

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Gordon Grose

For over 30 years, our family has struggled with our son Paul’s strange illness. His wife Juli has it worse. They lived isolated from friends, church, work, and even family. Misnamed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), this illness has become the … Continue reading →

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Broken-heart Syndrome

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Gordon Grose

Can a person die of a broken heart? Will the unexpected loss of a close relative or loved-one create such emotional stress that it jeopardizes the person’s well-being? Don’t people in grief recover sufficiently so that their physical health suffers … Continue reading →

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What Words Do You Say To A Grieving Friend?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Gordon Grose

On this past Sunday, November 5, 2017, Patrick Devin Kelley walked into Sutherland Springs Baptist Church (TX) during worship, and, and with an AR-15 rifle, killed 26. A neighbor, hearing gunfire, returned with a rifle, wounded Kelly twice, and forced him to flee. … Continue reading →

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Morbidity Rate of Depression

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Gordon Grose

If you feel depressed, your life may shorten. According to results of a study released recently which followed the lives of 3400 Canadian adults from 1952 to 1992, people with depression experienced a shorter life span than those without it. … Continue reading →

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Death by Avalanche, Suicide: Hayden Kennedy

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Gordon Grose

Although suicide is twice a common as homicide, the unusual suicide of world-class rock climber Hayden Kennedy caught my eye.  On Saturday October 7, 2017, Kennedy, 27, and girlfriend Inge Perkins, 23, skied together on Imp Peak in the southern Madison … Continue reading →

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