Carol McClain

Writing Redemption



  • Home
  • About Carol
  • Books
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Contact


Get Blog Post Updates
Sign up to receive blog posts automatically emailed straight to your inbox.

    Tagged: Grief

  • Denial: Step One in the Seven Stages of Grief
    Posted on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: denial, Ecclesiastes 7: 2, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, five stages of grief, Grief, How to conquer grief, How to walk through grief, Seven stages of grief, University of Washington

    @carol_mcclain “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart” (Ecc. 7:2, NIV). Grieving can be for any traumatic issue. In my life, I’m processing grief over multiple losses and problems. However, if you have experienced …[ read more ]

  • Ecclesiastes 1:18–Knowledge=Sorrow
    Posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 1:18, Grief, knowledge, sorrow

        Much learning earns you much trouble. The more you know, the more you hurt. Eccl 1:18 This verse confused me. I love knowledge. I believed you can never have too much. But then, I discovered, the hard way, the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know. Then you find yourself …[ read more ]

  • Good Grief
    Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: Ecclesiastes 7, Grief, sorrow

    Good Grief (Photo credit: Camps ) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart …[ read more ]

  • Smiling older woman wearing glasses and red top

    Author Carol McClain

  • Blog Archives

  • Search by Topic

  • Recent Posts

    • How Holding a Grudge Hurts You
    • Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For
    • Are you a peacemaker or a troublemaker?
    • How Can You See God?
    • Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?
  • Recent Comments

    • Carol McClain on How Holding a Grudge Hurts You
    • Peggy Ellis on How Holding a Grudge Hurts You
    • Carol McClain on Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For
    • Carol McClain on Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For
    • Kathleen Bailey on Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For




      From the Blog

    • How Holding a Grudge Hurts You

      Carol McClain   I read the names of attendees at a recent two-day festival, one with stellar book sales. The name of one group I once belonged to stopped me. Excitement fled, and a heaviness filled my spirit. My joyful spirit turned sodden. Not them! Doesn't matter. I'm not connected with them any longer. I squared my shoulders and determined to ignore the entire group who so grievously hurt me. Alas ... I'll never overcome their wrongs! On day one of the festival, two new members manned my nemeses' booth. No harm in chatting with them. So I put on my… ...[ full story ]

    On Facebook

    This message is only visible to admins.
    Problem displaying Facebook posts.
    Click to show error
    Error: Server configuration issue Error: No posts available for this Facebook ID

    On Twitter

    Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

    © 2016-2026 by Carol McClain.
    Website design & Development by kikaDESIGN