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Kathryn Butler

Kathryn Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon turned writer and homeschooling mom. She is author of Lost in the Caverns (The Dream Keeper Saga). She and her family live north of Boston.

Can Death Ever Be Good? The Grief of Loss and Hope of Heaven

Can Death Ever Be Good?

The Grief of Loss and Hope of Heaven

Can’t death, in some situations, be good? Is it not better to die than to live in pain? What does the Bible say into our grief?

Following Christ in a Female Body

Following Christ in a Female Body

For many women, to be made female is to be made self-conscious. Yet the Bible describes womanhood with far more hopeful, much more worshipful words.

He Drew Me Through Agony: My Painful Path to Faith

He Drew Me Through Agony

My Painful Path to Faith

While working in the ER, suffering shattered her nominal faith. Within a year, her pain became the path God used to lead her to himself.

I Am Not My Own: How Heidelberg Healed Me

I Am Not My Own

How Heidelberg Healed Me

In the spring of 1563, a catechism was published that has brought comfort to countless saints, especially in the deepest sorrows of life and death.

The Other Great Parenting Books: How the Best Stories Point Kids to Christ

The Other Great Parenting Books

How the Best Stories Point Kids to Christ

As you immerse your children in the word of God, look for great stories that echo and reinforce the beauty of his story.

The Rest Beyond Our Reach: Finding Refreshment in a Burnout Culture

The Rest Beyond Our Reach

Finding Refreshment in a Burnout Culture

The effects of sin strangle us. The woes we carry crush us. But in Christ, we who labor and are heavy laden find rest for our souls.

Faithful in Every Fearful Change

Faithful in Every Fearful Change

When unwelcome changes come — in friendships or relationships, at work or in ministry — hold fast to the one constant: the faithfulness of God in Christ.

Your Body Will Be Whole: A Physician’s Meditations on Heaven

Your Body Will Be Whole

A Physician’s Meditations on Heaven

The brokenness of sin has penetrated, weakened, and corrupted every fiber of our being. And God will make every fiber new.

Fearless Even in Illness: Lessons for the Hospital

Fearless Even in Illness

Lessons for the Hospital

When symptoms come and fevers rise, know that your God is sovereign over every disease, and that he will bring you home.

Even in the ICU: Why Hope Will Conquer Death

Even in the ICU

Why Hope Will Conquer Death

At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus made death serve his power and glory. In every calamity that falls on us, he knows how to do the same.

Let Not Violence Entertain You

Let Not Violence Entertain You

One of the most clever ways Satan numbs us to evil is by calling it entertainment.

Not Wired for This World: Making a Home for Special Needs

Not Wired for This World

Making a Home for Special Needs

God has special concern for those who wander in strange lands. Our children with special needs, navigating a foreign land, are no exception.

God Gave You Your Memories: Finding Meaning in the Past

God Gave You Your Memories

Finding Meaning in the Past

They can haunt, they can delight, they can embolden, they can frighten, but they were made for worship: memories.

Scrambling for the Light: Christian Depression and the Use of Medication

Scrambling for the Light

Christian Depression and the Use of Medication

When, if ever, might a Christian use antidepressants? Kathryn Butler, MD, walks us through the complexities of recovering from clinical depression.

The Doctor May Ask You: Making Urgent Medical Decisions for Loved Ones

The Doctor May Ask You

Making Urgent Medical Decisions for Loved Ones

The Bible guides us to preserve life when illness is recoverable, but also to accept death when it arrives, and to extend compassion and mercy toward the suffering.

Some Kids Barely Survive Christmas: Celebrating the Son with Special Needs

Some Kids Barely Survive Christmas

Celebrating the Son with Special Needs

For families with special needs, Christmas can make life even heavier than normal.

Verses to Memorize for the Hospital

Verses to Memorize for the Hospital

Before the next time you visit someone in the hospital, commit one of these ten verses or short passages to memory.

What Not to Say to Someone in the Hospital

What Not to Say to Someone in the Hospital

Visiting a sick friend can be unnerving. We can feel awkward and not know what to say. Here are five common expressions to avoid, and six ways to help.

Love Other Mothers as Thyself

Love Other Mothers as Thyself

The body of Christ unites us across continents, yet on playgrounds and Instagram, the mommy wars rage on.

The Only Freedom from Remorse

The Only Freedom from Remorse

Some of us have made such horrible decisions that others will never be the same. Such remorse will threaten to swallow us if we carry our failures by ourselves.

In Search of Home

In Search of Home

God knows your every ache for home, your every sigh for stability, your every longing to belong. And in Christ, he promises to satisfy them all.

If God Doesn’t Heal You

If God Doesn’t Heal You

As death nears, pray for more than healing. Pray for strength to endure, for Christ to draw near, for faith to know that this death is not the end.

For Now, We Groan: Finding Hope in a Fractured World

For Now, We Groan

Finding Hope in a Fractured World

If life feels totally out of sync, it’s because it is. For now, we groan in a broken world, waiting for God to make us whole.

Idolatry at the Office: Confessions of a Workaholic

Idolatry at the Office

Confessions of a Workaholic

The applause of people can feel like a balm for our brokenness. But until we’ve found our rest in God, we will always be grasping for more.

Out of the Depths I Cry to You

Out of the Depths I Cry to You

Turning to Psalms in Depression

Depression threatens our joy in Christ, but even as we walk through the valley of the shadow of darkness, he is with us.

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