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chrisaltrock

Chris Altrock is an author, spiritual director and preacher, serving as the Senior Minister at the Stamford Church of Christ. He and his wife Kendra are parents to Jordan and Jacob.

Prayers from Pit: Praying Like Jesus in Times of Pain

Prayer and Pain

A couple of years ago I experienced several weeks that were filled with despair.  I sat with a family the day after Christmas watching their father and husband slip into the arms of Jesus.  Then, shortly after New Years, my family received news that doctors had found a tumor in the brain of the woman who once babysat our daughter.  Days later a report came from Arizona stating that my wife’s mother had been found unconscious.  Later, from New Jersey arrived a call stating that the younger sister of my step-father had succumbed to breast, liver, and bone cancer.Read More »Prayers from Pit: Praying Like Jesus in Times of Pain