The Mormon Jesus can handle your grief and pain (RNS) — I hunger greatly for deeper connections at church, a frank acknowledgment that most of us are the walking wounded. Photo via Shutterstock ...

Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess discusses the need for Latter-day Saints to deal more openly and honestly about grief and pain.

Second, remember that God will hold you firm, even when you feel like you’re sinking in the storms of grief. Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble ...

Jesus is, as Colossians 1:15 says, “the image of the invisible God,” so from Jesus in this moment we get a clear picture of how the father feels over the pain and grief we experience in our daily ...

Jesus offered compassion and empathy throughout his ministry, and in John 11:35, we know Jesus feels our pain as we grieve: “Jesus wept.” Upon learning that his friend, Lazarus, had died ...

Covenant pastor preached on death, grief, tears of Jesus - weeks before attack Terry Matttingly The Bible's shortest verse – "Jesus wept" – is also one of its most important.

Jesus Feels Your Pain. ... West have plenty to say about Christus victor—the triumphant Christ—but little to say about Christus dolor—the grief-stricken Christ.

On Dec. 26, Cynthia Allen wrote: “(Kate) Cox is a product of the culture in which we all live — one that wants to avoid suffering and exert maximum control ...

She sits in tension — a tension we all sit in when God is at work but pain is at hand. In the story of Jesus’ birth, we see the danger, chaos and poverty into which Mary brought her son.