by Beth Vice | Jul 11, 2025 | Crisis, Depression, Divorce Recovery, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Growth, Hope, Integrity, Jealousy, Jesus, Love, Suicide, Waiting
I’m currently reading The Keeper by Charles Martin. Bones, one of the main characters, was sexually and physically abused as a child by priests who had been entrusted with his care. After years of imprisonment in a dark labyrinth of crypts carved beneath the church,... 
by Beth Vice | Oct 27, 2023 | Crisis, Death, Faith, Fear, Hope, Jesus, Suicide
I had planned to post a different article today for my Hope Series, but right now, I just need to talk. This morning I learned that searchers found the body of our twenty-one-year-old friend, who’s been missing for three weeks, floating in the Bay. We’ve... 
by Beth Vice | Aug 23, 2023 | Crisis, Death, Divorce Recovery, Hope, Suicide
There were times during my separation and divorce, and for years afterward, when I could barely function. It came unexpectedly, like a flood (more of a tsunami really). I was in shock, devastated, destroyed. For months I couldn’t sleep more than 2-3 hours a night. I... by Beth Vice | May 24, 2023 | Crisis, Divorce Recovery, Fear, Hope, Suicide
There is so much need all around me today: a family worried sick about their suicidal teen my beloved one in relentless pain those I care about living in dangerous areas of the world dear ladies abandoned by those who vowed to love them forever ministers waiting for... by Beth Vice | Mar 30, 2023 | Crisis, Divorce Recovery, Faith, Hope, Prayer, Suicide, Uncategorized
Twice, in tremendous agony over lost love, I’ve been tempted to take my own life. On both occasions God stopped me before I acted on those feelings. The first time, I had a knife to my wrist, when the whisper of God stopped me. Death was not the answer. He would... by Beth Vice | Mar 17, 2023 | Crisis, Faith, Fear, Hope, Suicide
Did your parents ever forget to pick you up from school, or after sports or music practice? Did they ever drive off and leave you behind, even for a minute, thinking you were already in the car? Have you ever extended an invitation for dinner or planned to meet with...