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Hope and Healing Blog

Doug Greenway, a retired pulpit minister and experienced counselor, offers his thoughts on grief and life after loss.

Being A Bother (Why We Don’t Ask For Help)

August 31, 2020

“Raise your hand if you have ever asked for help at work or home. Raise … Read more

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Let’s Get Together

August 24, 2020

Wikipedia says that “Let’s Get Together” is a song written … for the 1961 Disney … Read more

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Hold The Questions?

August 17, 2020

When death comes calling, it often leaves lots of questions. I’ve asked those questions & … Read more

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Time Heals All Wounds?

August 10, 2020

My dictionary defines a “wound” as: “an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, … Read more

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Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen.

August 5, 2020August 3, 2020

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve … Read more

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Have A Nice Trip; Tell Jesus Hello

July 27, 2020

I was sitting in Counseling Foundations class in Graduate School at Freed-Hardeman University in 1993. … Read more

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Afraid To Talk About It

July 23, 2020July 20, 2020

Once in awhile, as I was growing up, I’d be in my family circle and … Read more

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Why me? or Why NOT me?

July 13, 2020

I was 16 years old in 1970 when I applied for my driver’s license. Horror … Read more

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I Can’t Believe They’re Gone!

July 6, 2020

One of the hardest things I have ever done has been to make a death … Read more

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Death Unexpectedly Came Calling, And I Didn’t Want To Answer.

June 29, 2020

To some of us, death is what happens to OTHER people. “Death was never going … Read more

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We Will Get Through This

June 22, 2020

In my family of origin, we did everything together. I mean EVERYTHING! If somebody went … Read more

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Scared Birds Don’t Sing

July 6, 2020June 15, 2020

Linden, Guyana, South America, is the second-largest city in this resource-rich nation. I was there … Read more

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Piles of problems? I’ll take mine!

June 8, 2020

One of these days we will be back together in large groups and you will … Read more

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Making A Resolve To Survive And Thrive

June 1, 2020

“If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you … Read more

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Help me to understand.

May 25, 2020

Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People continues to be a best seller … Read more

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  • Hold The Questions?
  • Time Heals All Wounds?
  • Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen.
  • Have A Nice Trip; Tell Jesus Hello
  • Afraid To Talk About It
  • Why me? or Why NOT me?
  • I Can’t Believe They’re Gone!
  • Death Unexpectedly Came Calling, And I Didn’t Want To Answer.
  • We Will Get Through This
  • Scared Birds Don’t Sing
  • Piles of problems? I’ll take mine!
  • Making A Resolve To Survive And Thrive
  • Help me to understand.
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  • What Do I Need To Do Next?
  • Attending your Own Funeral
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  • You Are One of a Kind!
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  • WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
  • My Stress Cup Runneth Over!
  • Kids Will Take Their Cues From You!
  • “Stronger In The Broken Places”

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