Our Family's Word for 2018

Every year for the past several years I’ve identified a word for the year. I used to only choose a word for our church. Now I choose a word for our church and a word for our family. In the past the word has often been based on a concept or an idea that I couldn’t get off my mind. It usually spawned from lessons The Lord was teaching me the final couple months of the previous year. I’ve always want this word to provide us with a unified sense of purpose and direction for the coming year - in one case for our volunteers and staff, and in the other for my family.

What I'm Reading May be Helpful to You - Part 1

I’m often asked if there are any resources I would suggest for people who are walking through a trial or suffering of some sort. Since Amanda passed I’ve read a number of books that have helped frame in me a theology of suffering. These resources have offered me handholds for discovering purpose in my pain.

ResourcesDavey BlackburnMay 4, 2017Book, Reading, Help, Healing, Loss, Pain, Suffering, Read Comments

5 Reasons I Want You To Have This Album

This project was conceived out of hurt, nurtured through healing, and will be delivered as hope. Discovering hope for yourself after hurt takes time, but it can be transferred in a moment. Sometimes you need to borrow other people’s faith when your faith is faltering.

ResourcesDavey BlackburnApril 17, 2017Resonate, Church, Album, Resource, Healing, Hope, Worship, Amanda Comments

How Do You Deal With The Way Amanda Died? (Part 2)

From day one I recognized this was not just a physical attack, but a spiritual one. There was no other way I could understand how all this could have happened in the hour and a half I was gone from my house, other than this was a strategically mapped out, carefully plotted ploy by evil powers that live in the supernatural realm and have been given dominion of this world.

Grief & LossDavey BlackburnOctober 10, 2016Amanda, Grief, Loss, Tragedy, Healing, CS Lewis, Pain, Purpose in Pain, Why Comments