Articles by Gary Roe

Four Ways to Help Those Who Are Grieving

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]"W[/dropcap2]hat a loss! They're hurting so badly. I want to help, but I just don't know what to do." In my work as a hospice chaplain, I frequently hear statements like this. When a friend or loved one is hurting, we want to help. We want...

How To Know What God Wants You To Do, Part Two

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How To Know What God Wants You To Do, Part One

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Five Things I Tell Myself When I Mess Up

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]W[/dropcap2]e mess up. It's a part of life. Do we give ourselves and each other the grace to recover? Sometimes I mess up and don't even know it. Other times, I'm very conscious I've blown it. Others may notice, or they may not. Then there...

Can You Hear Them Cheering for You?

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Five Steps to Taming Fear

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]I[/dropcap2]’ve struggled with fear most of my life. It's awful. Who wants to be afraid? It's no accident that whenever an angel appears in the Bible, he usually begins with "Don't be afraid." In fact, this is the most common command in...

Five Keys to Dealing with Giants

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]W[/dropcap2]e all have our giants in life - seemingly unconquerable obstacles and challenges. In the previous post, Facing Our Giants, we looked at the story of teen shepherd boy David as he goes up against the nine-foot, terrible...

Facing Our Giants

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Five Keys to Dealing with Change

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]C[/dropcap2]hange is one clear constant in our world. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes not, but it’s almost always stressful. It's our challenge to find ways to adjust to the change around us. In the Old Testament, there is a reference to...

How to Manage the Pressure of the Urgent

[dropcap2 variation="coffee"]D[/dropcap2]o you feel like your day is spent running in circles, putting out fires, and never really moving forward? If so, perhaps your life has come to be ruled by the urgent. In college I read a booklet called "Tyranny of the Urgent"...