Blog Four Sources of Christian Endurance As a pregnant mother longs to hold her child, we long to see the outcome of our endurance. But how are we to press onward as we traverse this broken world? In his letter, James encourages us with at least four sources of endurance. Kristen Wetherell January 5, 2023
Blog The Brokenness of Things This poem is a response to all that’s wrong with the world, and an ode to Christ’s promise that everything wrong will be made right. Kristen Wetherell March 10, 2022
iBelieve A Prayer for the Hurting This Christmas I wrote this prayer several years ago in the midst of my battle with Lyme disease. While that particular form of pain has passed, in reading this prayer again I am reminded… Kristen Wetherell December 22, 2021
Blog The Awakening Mercy of Crisis Walking with the Almighty God is our highest privilege and the center of our deepest-held beliefs. Yet crisis, with all its disorientation, unveils the mercy of God in another form: mercy that awakens us to the very realities we profess to believe. Kristen Wetherell March 25, 2020
Revive Our Hearts God’s Sovereignty over Suffering Is Comforting, Not Disturbing If God is in control and he is good, then (here’s the clincher) even when his plan involves pain, we can trust him. Fully trust him. We can take comfort within the suffering he sends. Kristen Wetherell September 15, 2019
Open the Bible It Is Well With My Soul In the middle of suffering, can you say, “It is well with my soul?” While sick on the couch one week, I read the Shunammite woman’s story in 2 Kings and was… Kristen Wetherell July 10, 2019
Blog A Prayer for When the Pain Returns Old pains have made new appearances lately. The jaw pain I thought was almost gone is back with a vengeance. I’ve felt discouraged, set back, and weary, unsure how to process this…… Kristen Wetherell June 12, 2019
Revive Our Hearts Three Helps for Ministering to Women with Chronic Pain I’m a wife, mother, and member of our church, and I’m involved in women’s ministry— I’m also a woman struggling with chronic pain, which affects all of these roles. At least 100… Kristen Wetherell July 30, 2018
Blog On Mothering with Chronic Pain Since being diagnosed with Lyme disease about four years ago, my body has been in a daily wrestling match with chronic pain. Some days are easier than others, but my pains are… Kristen Wetherell May 9, 2018
Revive Our Hearts God’s Grace in the Face of Lyme Today is World Lyme Day and marks the beginning of Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Friends at Revive Our Hearts asked me, along with Sarah Walton, Leanna Shepard, and Katie Laitkep, to share… Kristen Wetherell May 1, 2018
Blog Evil Predestined by God’s Hand and Plan Today, we remember the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. We lament. We grieve. And we hope. There is nothing new under the sun. What can be said when… Kristen Wetherell September 11, 2017
Blog How Suffering Can Change You for the Better So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16) The marathon runner perseveres in his training… Kristen Wetherell August 9, 2017
Blog Home Row Episode 25: On Broadway, Providence, Suffering, and Writing A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of talking with Jeff Medders, host of the podcast Home Row: A Podcast with Writers on Writing. He started the podcast over a year… Kristen Wetherell July 24, 2017
Blog, Open the Bible Eight Reasons to Cling to Scripture in Suffering Recently, a friend and I were interviewed on a radio show about the book we’d written on suffering. One of the host’s questions struck me: In the midst of the refiner’s fire,… Kristen Wetherell July 5, 2017
Blog Broken Down on Every Side I found this in my files last week; I had started writing it a while back, but hadn’t finished. The content was incredibly timely for me, and I pray it will be… Kristen Wetherell April 26, 2017
Blog, ERLC What the Cross Means When You’re Feeling Crushed We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed. (2 Corinthians 4:8) Suffering can be so painful and dark that normalcy can seem like a distant memory from another life—an easier one,… Kristen Wetherell April 11, 2017
