When Matthew Warren died by suicide, Easter 2013, his parents struggled to cope with the loss. He was only 27 years old. (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 14, 2024
Over the thirty-eight years of being a pastor I have witnessed people go through hell on earth. How did they get through things that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy? They had one thing in common. (more…)
Bob JonesAugust 22, 2022
Rightly so, my mum took me to a psychologist. It was there, with my aunt, step-dad and mum in the room that the truth came out - my Dad had committed suicide. (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 19, 2022
I thought back to when I thought I was the only one, the only Christian who struggled. The scars of all these long years of pain are good reminders to think again. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 7, 2022
Today I went to a tattoo artist, and for $60 I let a man with a giant Jesus-tattoo on his head ink a semi-colon onto my wrist where it will stay until the day I die. Heather Parrie (more…)
Bob JonesJuly 4, 2020
Rick and Kay Warren were devastated when their 27-year old son Matthew committed suicide in April 2013. Their grief was unimaginable. Matthew had suffered from depression all of his life. In September 2013 the Warrens gave their first public interview with CNN. Piers Morgan called it “one of the most moving interviews I conducted in my life.” (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 1, 2020
On September 11, 2001 at 9:41:15 a.m Richard Drew captured a photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. (more…)
Bob JonesOctober 27, 2019
Pastors are an endangered species in North America. The women and men who accepted a call to shepherd congregations through their valleys of the shadow of death have broad shoulders. But even the best are falling prey to deadly burdens. (more…)
Bob JonesMay 3, 2019