<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Christian Caregiving Ministry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christian Caregiving Ministry is a nonprofit Christian ministry providing on-to-one Christ-like care for those facing life's struggles.]]></description><link>https://www.christiancaregivingministry.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:39:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.christiancaregivingministry.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Empty Chair - Conversations About Grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Grief, really?     Someone told me once that grief is love with nowhere to go. I've been thinking about that ever since. Because if it is true - and I believe it is - then grief isn't a problem. It's proof.     Proof that someone mattered. Proof that what you had was real. And when grief shows up - quietly at the kitchen table, or loudly in the middle of a perfectly ordinary afternoon - we often don't know what to do with it. We wonder if we doing it wrong. We wonder if it should be...]]></description><link>https://www.christiancaregivingministry.org/post/the-empty-chair-conversations-about-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3159f56e3aac0bcf9b224d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:19:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e83b70_45d601739bfd4867bdb69824d7a2121c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>chrristiancaregivi</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                    The Empty Chair]]></title><description><![CDATA[When someone is gone, their absence takes up space. Let's talk about what it feels like when the chair stays empty. There's a chair at the kitchen table that nobody sits in anymore. Maybe you've move it. Maybe you can't bring yourself to. Maybe you still set a cup of coffee there out of habit - and then stand there for a moment, not quite sure what to do next. That's grief. Not dramatic. Not loud. Just a chair. Just a cup. Just the unbearable ordinariness of an absence that somehow takes more...]]></description><link>https://www.christiancaregivingministry.org/post/the-empty-chair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a58ebb948b343e14f13325a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:54:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>chrristiancaregivi</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                       Tuesday   ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have to tell you what happened to me at lunch the other day.                  I was just looking for something quick and easy, so I pulled into the McDonald's drive-through. I got my usual - a Big Mac and those fries we all love - and I decided to sit inside for a bit. I picked a booth by the window, thinking I'd just watch the traffic and have a quiet meal.      But as I sat there, I realized I'd picked "our booth". Or least I felt like it. I took a bite of the burger and it was like a...]]></description><link>https://www.christiancaregivingministry.org/post/tuesday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a45194f463386a451654688</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:14:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>chrristiancaregivi</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>