L.I.V.E. – Love Infinite, Vigorously Exercised

  • When Grief Needs a Village: How Community Becomes a Healing Sanctuary

    Grief is not a problem to solve; it is a journey to be accompanied. I have learned that the deepest healing does not happen in isolation. It unfolds inside safe, and compassionate communities; what Scripture calls koinonia, a shared life where burdens are carried together and no one walks through the valley alone. The insights…

    Ze Selassie

  • When Grief Moves in With Us: Becoming a Gentle Companion to Hurting Families

    Grief doesn’t knock politely before it enters a home. It moves in through job losses and diagnoses, through miscarriages and funerals, through betrayals, relocations, estrangements and “we just don’t talk anymore.” By the time many couples or families reach out for help, the symptoms look like anger, shutdown, porn use, rebellion, nagging, stonewalling, depression, “attitude,”…

    Ze Selassie

  • Small Hands, Brave Hearts: How Ages 3–5 Echo Through Our Grief

    Grief rarely begins with the funeral. It often awakens older echoes; the first places we learned whether it was safe to try, to feel, to reach for comfort. The years from three to five are especially formative. In that season, children experiment with courage, test boundaries, and discover whether their questions are welcomed or shamed.…

    Ze Selassie

  • Destiny, Free Will, and the Call to a New Way of Being

    In conversations about faith, life, and destiny, I often return to a simple truth: “My destination is a place that requires a new way of being.” Too often, destiny is imagined as a fixed outcome; a profession, a location, even a predetermined fate. But if destiny is only about where we end up, we risk…

    Ze Selassie

  • Breaking Silence: Navigating Grief and Healing Together

    From Pain to Purpose: The Change I Hope My Blog Brings to the World What change, big or small, would I like this blog to make in the world? Simply put—healing. Real healing. Not the kind that comes from stuffing emotions down with religious platitudes or brushing grief aside with “time heals all wounds.” No!…

    Ze Selassie