Utopia Crashing Down

by Katherine Clark

It was only at this point of total desperation that I found myself humbly on my knees before God, yearning for His comfort. The Sunday school truths finally became real and applicable.

Other tags: bitterness, traumatic experience, overwhelmed, approval

Missing My Dad

by Courtney Pickens

My father died the summer after I graduated from High School. I struggled with knowing the acceptance, encouragement and provision that I had from him was now gone.

Other tags: traumatic experience, relationships, death, loneliness, approval, family

Christmas Day My Senior Year

by Joliene Trujillo

I cursed people, doctors, and most of all God. The God my whole family had believed in had let us down.

Other tags: Christmas, Catholic, death, family

He Pulled Me Through

by Laura DeYoung

From the time I was a little girl I remember having a notion of God. I grew up Catholic and went to church. There was something mysteriously drawing me to something much bigger than myself. I sometimes would walk to the church in my neighboorhood of East Los Angeles when no services were in session. I would sit in the pews and take in the beauty of the stained glass and statues; I remember the sweet smell of candles and incense that seemed to wrap itself around me.

Other tags: loss, grief, Los Angeles, death, surviving, losing child