Articles for tag: Heart Attack

June 27, 2019

Taking on the Tobacco Habit

Tobacco use was discussed about once a year during Christian Standard’s first century of publication. Smoking evidently has always been controversial. All of the articles reviewed for this piece were anti-smoking and anti-tobacco in nature, but it would truly be surprising if no words supportive of tobacco ever appeared in the magazine. On the whole, most writers going back to 1866 referred to the tobacco habit as dirty, costly, and unhealthy. A “Reader’s Forum” writer from Angola, Ind., in 1931 referred to tobacco as “the Devil’s weed,” and criticized Christians who sold it. Here are a trilogy of editorials and

July 21, 2016

Christian Standard

Family & Relationships

So Grateful

By Chris Garrett I”ve told my story many times over the years. Sadly, I”ve found it a common one. A young woman marries her high school sweetheart, has a baby boy, and one year later, the father doesn”t want to be married anymore and leaves. Struggling with the aftermath, mom and child live in poverty, experience years of physical and sexual abuse during a second marriage, and that boy grows up living a life full of poor choices born out of a deep struggle with self-worth. That was my story, but it didn”t end there. I love to tell people

December 22, 2015

Mark A. Taylor

Care & Counseling Grief & Suffering

We Do Not Suffer Alone

By Mark A. Taylor Death intrudes into thousands of lives every day. But to each individual losing someone close, death seems like a singular experience. I remember the comment of a good friend whose dad died decades ago. He returned to his job after several days grieving with his family and found everything there decidedly unchanged. “Everyone”s just doing what they usually do, working on their own tasks as if nothing has happened,” he said. Here he was, trying to cope with his life that had been upended. But everyone around him, it seemed, was getting along just fine. This

September 6, 2012

Mark A. Taylor

Christian Living

Sad Good-byes, Fruitful Labor

When unexpected deaths interrupt our plans, what matters most? Mark A. Taylor reflects on Scripture's promise of peace, Paul's call to fruitful labor, and the urgency of living with purpose today.

July 16, 2012

C. Robert Wetzel

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead

C. Robert Wetzel reflects on Jesus’ puzzling words, “Let the dead bury their own dead,” and considers how aging can reshape rather than end a life of meaningful Christian service.