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

  • Grief, Love, and the Courage to Walk Beside Instead of Carry

    Grief has a way of revealing how we love. In moments of loss, suffering, addiction, or emotional unraveling, many well-meaning people step forward with a powerful desire to help. We sit longer, give more, rescue quicker, and absorb pain that is not ours. Often, we call this love. Sometimes, we even spiritualize it. But in…

    Ze Selassie

  • Understanding Grief: Compassionate Presence and Assessment

    Seeing Through Tears: The Sacred Art of Grief Companionship Grief is not a problem to be solved, it’s a story that needs to be witnessed. When we sit beside a grieving soul, we’re not just listening for pain; we’re attending to the sacred evidence of love. In Christian counseling, grief companionship is not about offering…

    Ze Selassie

  • Early Adulthood, Grief, and the Ministry of Companioning

    Early adulthood (roughly 19–35) is often framed as the decade of becoming; love, work, family, and calling. Yet for many, it’s also when grief arrives: miscarriage or infertility, divorce, job loss, disenchantment with career, the death of a spouse or friend. These losses don’t just hurt; they can unsettle intimacy, identity, and purpose. What changes…

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  • Reclaiming the Sacred Art of Listening

    The Sacred Art of Listening: Grief, Presence, and Companionship In our culture, listening is often undervalued. We reward the loudest voices, the most confident speakers, the ones who seem to have all the answers. To listen, in contrast, is sometimes considered weak, passive, even insignificant. Em Griffin, in Making Friends, names this dynamic well when…

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