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Imagine that you and your spouse have just retired. Your home is paid off and you are ready to start checking things off of your bucket list; looking ahead to your golden years where you …
The Bible is full of promises and invitations that enable a meaningful healthy life. One of my favorite invitations is found in Galatians 6:2 which says, “Bear one another burdens, and so to fulfill …
Did you know that the Animal Planet TV show Treehouse Masters built Lisa’s Butterfly Treehouse at Cornerstone of Hope in 2013? This unique and fun space on Cornerstone of Hope’s beautiful campus is used …
Spring Theme of Rebirth Reflects Grief Center’s Continued Growth and Future Expansion Efforts
When my husband passed away, I immediately found the need to find someplace to help me get through it. Cornerstone was just that place.
I knew that I wanted to give whatever I could to the place that helped give me hope again, just like my sister, Camie, with the kind heart would have done. God allowed everything …
Not one day goes by that I don't think about my Mom and miss her but I rest in God's promise that we will see each other again. It's that promise that carries me—and …
I knew that I wanted to give whatever I could to the place that helped give me hope again, just like my sister, Camie, with the kind heart would have done. God allowed everything …
I went through one year in a very deep spiritual valley. However, one Sunday morning, I woke up while in College and realized that something was missing. Something was different in my heart.
There are not enough words to accurately share the journey of birthing, caring, and loving a child who was impaired in every area but love.
Looking at the sacred heart of Jesus, we see the heart of God made human, experiencing every hurt, pain and bitter suffering the human heart is able to feel.
...If, amidst the mishaps and disorder of this world, we seek God with all our hearts, we will come to understand that God’s ways are not our ways, and that sometimes love is found …
Jesus is teaching us that glory comes when we surrender ourselves—our decisions, our futures, our hopes, and most of all, our daily living to God.
Never would I have imagined how much losing someone I loved more than life itself would affect everything.
The stories of the saints do not appeal to use because of their comfort, but because of their decision to be faithful and good in their discomfort and unhappiness.
questioned His power; I questioned His love for me; I questioned who He was and was He even real.
Mark and Christi Tripodi had the opportunity to be interviewed by Matt Kaulig on this edition of Cleveland’s Own.
Those first days and weeks felt like a bad dream that I couldn’t wake up from and it amazed me that one person could produce so many tears.
In this world of hardship, trial and trouble we all desperately need the peace of God to transcend our temporal problems.
If left unattended, we eventually become afraid of fear and will do anything we can to run from it.
One of the toughest challenges as parents is explaining to our children the topic of death and grief.
...just as the first followers of Jesus were overwhelmed by the way that God brought about Redemption... so too we can trust that the Author of our lives has an ending to our stories …
Everyone has a different time table for their grief. Often teens postpone some of their grieving until they are more mature or have a more emotionally stable environment.
Your experience can help someone else, someone else's experience can help you and this swapping of information can help one another through life's most horrible moments. You are not alone. This sharing is comfort.
Comfort does not mean troubles are eliminated, it means you will receive all the help, strength, encouragement, and hope you need to face the troubles and pain of today.
No matter how poor our hearts feel, we can still give and receive the greatest gift there is - Love.
Cornerstone of Hope was the only bright spot in my life during my darkest days.
The death of a loved one may deeply impact friends and family.
God wants to know your needs because His Heart is entwined with your life, as much and even more than as an attentive and invested father is with his child.
In anticipation of this year’s youth bereavement camps, we had some questions for our staff about last year’s camp program and issues faced by grieving children and teens.
In anticipation of this year’s youth bereavement camps, we had some questions for our staff about last year’s camp program and issues faced by grieving children and teens.
Often when we think of loss and grief, we think about the death of someone we love.
When you love, you are acting according to your deepest being, your deepest truth, your true self.
For Jesus in the garden had one agenda that superseded the agendas of all the others: Love. On Friday, Jesus died for love. He said it was his choice.
During this time, we have good reason to be disappointed and frustrated, but we have even better reason to hope, for we serve the God of all comfort and provision.
Self-care is a necessity, not a privilege.
PETE BLISS, TH.D., D.MIN. Q: What are the grief reactions faced by individuals who have experienced a suicide loss?A: Survivors often experience a wide range of grief reactions, including some or all of the …
PETE BLISS, TH.D., D.MIN. Q: What are the grief reactions faced by individuals who have experienced a suicide loss?A: Survivors often experience a wide range of grief reactions, including some or all of the …
There is no right way to grieve. It is ok to feel immense sadness.
We may not be able to change our grief, make it move faster or go away, but we can choose to interact with it and be active in our own healing.
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. There is a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time …
As we work with and support grieving children, we must be mindful of the fact that we are also guiding and supporting the parent or caregiver.
When we work with couples at Cornerstone of Hope, we usually talk about ways in which men and women grieve differently.
Pregnancy loss is a twisting rabbit hole through which one cannot navigate. It crests and plunges and banks itself without warning and the opinions of others contribute to the ride.
Nobody wants to think about the topic of suicide. Nobody wants to talk about it. Nobody wants to imagine that their family could be impacted by it.
When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. - …
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