“In The Trenches” Articles

If we know we are called to care for people—to get in the trenches with them—why is it so easy to convince ourselves not to?

It’s one thing to be stuck in a trench, but it’s exhausting to expect perfection of your fellow soldier, slogging in the same mud as you.

When people sell everything and seek first the Kingdom, the result is a glorious, chaotic mess of lives, all wrapped up together.

Instead of getting discouraged about the sorrows, we need to pick a trench, jump in, and do the hard and sometimes heartbreaking work in front of us.