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How do you find purpose in your life when everything feels uncertain? It’s a question many people ask after loss. After a failure. Or after plans fall apart. And often after realizing the future you imagined may not happen the way you expected. The answer is rarely obvious. And according to hospital chaplain Jenny Richards, […]

Where can I find God when life doesn’t make sense? It’s one of the oldest questions people ask. And usually it’s not asked during easy seasons. It’s asked after loss. After a major disappointment. Often after prayers that seem unanswered. Or even after a future you counted on suddenly disappears. In a recent conversation on […]

Why is this life so hard? At some point, almost everyone asks that question. Sometimes quietly. Sometimes through tears. Sometimes while sitting in a hospital room wondering how everything changed so quickly. It’s a question that doesn’t require a philosophy degree. It simply requires living long enough to experience disappointment, loss, uncertainty, or heartbreak. During […]

If you’ve ever wondered what is the meaning to life, you’re not alone. It’s one of those questions that tends to show up when life doesn’t go according to plan. A diagnosis. A loss. A disappointment. A season that leaves you wondering, you thought you knew where you were headed, but now life is taking […]

Life is hard. Not constantly.Not for everyone in the same way.But eventually every person encounters moments that expose how little control they really have. That reality tends to change people over time. It softens some.Hardens others.Humiliates almost everyone eventually. And maybe that’s why questions like:“What is the meaning to life?”never fully disappear. Because people are […]

How God speaks to us and what is the meaning to life? These are tough questions. For many people, that question eventually becomes spiritual whether they expect it to or not. Because sooner or later, life confronts us with things we cannot fully control:lossfailureregretuncertaintygriefhuman suffering And somewhere inside those experiences, many people begin searching for […]

What is the meaning to life? Most people ask that question expecting a massive answer. We want a clear and undeniable calling.A huge life changing breakthrough.Or perhaps we are looking for a life-changing moment that suddenly explains everything. But what if meaning doesn’t arrive that way at all? What if the meaning to life is […]

What is the meaning to life? People have wrestled with that question for centuries. Some search for it through success. Some through faith. Some through relationships, achievement, suffering, or service. But every once in a while, the answer arrives quietly in an ordinary moment you almost drive past. In this episode of Grandpa Channel, Rivers, […]

There are some experiences that don’t just pass through your life. They are a little more stubborn than that. They stay. Not always loudly.Not always visibly. But in the way you think…the way you respond…the way you understand other people. Some of those moments come from things you would never choose. Or ever wish upon […]

Most people don’t set out to learn things the hard way. I know I certainly don’t. Who really wants that? But regardless, why does life feel so hard sometimes? But somehow… it keeps happening. You make a small decision.Take a shortcut.Avoid something you know you probably shouldn’t. And later— you realize it cost you more […]