Articles by Gary Roe

Finally, Some Good News

This day is a special one for me - March 16. The date, 3-16, reminds me of John 3:16 in the Bible. For me, it's a powerful fear-not verse: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal...

How Faith Can Make a Difference in Grief

If anyone had told me what the last two years were going to be like, I wouldn't have believed them. I still have trouble believing a lot of what I'm seeing around me in the world. Perhaps you are too. Our own losses combined with the current world upheaval can rattle...

Grief can be sneaky, sneaky, sneaky.

Grief can be sneaky. When I experience a loss. Some grief comes out. Some stays inside. Over time, the grief that stays inside begins to build up. Soon or later, it leaks out (or spews out). When I began working as a hospice chaplain - over a dozen years ago now - I...

Ever felt stuck in grief?

Grief can be sneaky. A couple of months ago, Liz Carey, a writer for GoodRx, contacted me wanting to do an article on how to live with grief.As we talked, the interview took a different direction than I had anticipated. Liz asked me if I had personally ever felt stuck...

“We’re swimming in grief!”

I don't know about you, but I see grief everywhere.A few weeks ago, Diane Hullet asked me to be on her podcast to talk about this very thing. As Diane said, "It feels like we're all swimming in grief."The world has changed. The world is changing.Our old normal is long...

“Happy” New Year? Well…

I hope the first few days of 2022 has treated you well. First of all, forgive me. I'm behind. Here it is, January 6, and I haven't wished you a Happy New Year yet. I have a good excuse, however. COVID visited our family for Christmas, and some of us are still feeling...

Merry Christmas from me to you…

Merry Christmas Eve to you. This year has been, well, difficult. Painful. Sad. Confusing. Grief - laced with a lot of fear - is in the air. This morning, the word "groan" is stuck in my head. If you listen closely, you can hear it. We are groaning. Our hearts are...

Fear is tough on grieving hearts – and fear is everywhere…

This week, we had a couple of Zoom sessions called "Grief in a World Gone Crazy."The response to these sessions was so good, I decided to put the video up on YouTube. You can watch it here.If you don't have time to watch, I've written a brief summary below. We're...

Grief, Grief, and More Grief…

I don't know about you, but everywhere I look these days I see grief.Grief, grief, and more grief.Shock. Denial. Sadness. Anger. Confusion. Fear. Anxiety. Regret. Guilt. Depression. Exhaustion. Loss is everywhere.The world is a mess. I am deeply disturbed by what's...

A sneak peek inside my upcoming book…

I'm writing today to give you a sneak peek inside my new book, the Grieving the Write Way Journal and Workbook. You can tell a lot about a book from the beginning, so I thought I would share the new book's introduction with you. Here you go... WHAT GRIEVING THE WRITE...