Tag Archives: Grief and hope

Love Helps Us Remember… and Forget

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter

In “Love Helps Us Remember… and Forget,” the author reflects on his first Christmas without his parents, exploring how love reshapes memory—softening pain while preserving what truly mattered. Through childhood Christmas recollections, a recent prolonged power outage, and the quiet paradox of the manger, the post reveals how God’s love reframes brokenness, power, and grief. Christmas is shown not as a display of force, but as the arrival of divine love through humility. Readers are invited to trust a God whose gentleness is stronger than domination, and whose love remembers us not by our failures, but by who we are becoming. Continue reading →

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Comfort God

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter

As autumn settles in, our hearts often reach for comfort—warm foods, cozy routines, or familiar scents. But these sources of comfort are temporary. True and lasting comfort comes only from God, the “Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.” In this reflection on loss, memory, and faith, we explore how God offers not just physical comfort but deep solace—peace that abides even in sorrow. Continue reading →

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I’ll Carry a Part of You

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Writing & Photography by David K. Carpenter

A heartfelt poem written in memory of my dad, honoring the love he showed through sacrifice, hard work, and quiet devotion — and the part of him I’ll always carry with me. Continue reading →

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