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Quick Thought – Thursday, September 10, 2026: Band-Aids Cannot Heal—Bringing Your Pain to God

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Food, alcohol, entertainment and other distractions may help us avoid pain for a while, but avoiding a wound is not the same thing as healing it. Psalm 34 reminds us that affliction is real, but it is not the end of the story. Continue reading →

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What I Choose to Think About: Finding Joy After Loss

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

I will never be happy that my mother died. But I can choose to see more than what cancer took. Her love still bears fruit through my daughter, my grandchildren and the generations that follow. Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Monday, August 3, 2026: My Redeemer Lives—A Mother’s Faith in the Face of Death

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Cancer took my mother’s life, but it could not take her faith or overturn the promise of resurrection. In her final weeks, she continued pointing us toward the living Redeemer she trusted. Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Saturday, July 25, 2026: Miracle Girl of the Andrea Doria—Faith in Tragedy

Posted on July 25, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Linda Morgan survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria in an extraordinary way, while others near her did not. Her story points us toward Christ, who never promised a life without tribulation but did promise His peace and ultimate victory. Continue reading →

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The Technology That Will Remember Us—The Future of AI, Memory, and Grief

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

What if artificial intelligence could recreate the voice of someone you loved? I think that technology is coming sooner than we realize. The question isn’t whether we’ll build it—it’s whether we’ll use it wisely. Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, June 4, 2026: Sadness, But Not Despair

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Psalm 137 reminds us that sadness is a real part of life, but sorrow does not have to become despair. Even by the waters of Babylon, God’s people were not forgotten. Continue reading →

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What Death Did Not Take

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

I do not think the hardest moments made me feel strong. At the pool, I felt helpless. At my mother’s bedside, I felt broken. Strength came later — in getting up afterward, loving again, and learning that death takes much, but it does not get to take everything. Continue reading →

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The Teachers I Didn’t Ask For

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

The moments that shaped me most didn’t come with applause. They came with silence. Continue reading →

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The Phase That Slipped Away

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Some goodbyes don’t come with speeches or slammed doors. They arrive quietly — in miles, in distance, in the realization that fatherhood has shifted from daily presence to chosen connection. Gratitude doesn’t erase the grief of what changed, but it steadies it. Continue reading →

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Sixty Miles in Orange and Blue Shoes

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

In 2006, as my mother battled breast cancer, I laced up a pair of orange and blue Mizunos and walked sixty miles over three days. They didn’t cure anything, but they carried me through one of the hardest seasons of my life — step by step, mile by mile. Continue reading →

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