Helping Those Who Limp

Photo courtesy: Lisa Tarplee Photography

I grew up listening to stories my grandfather told of his childhood during the Great Depression and his time in the army during World War II. The experiences he had of childhood poverty, family brokenness and the horrifying images of war were forever etched in his mind and heart. They changed him in profound ways, leaving lasting scars, both inside and out.

Believers who walk with a limp

There are many people whom we sit next to in church on Sunday mornings who live with their own stories of brokenness. Their life has been darkened by trauma, violence, deep sins (theirs as well as others) and shattering shame. These experiences have had a rippling effect on their life, leaving lasting memories and wounds, the kind that ache and throb their entire lives….

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