Cancer can feel like a winter that keeps pushing back spring. Whether all your treatments are going as planned or it’s filled with delays, it’s easy to ask God, “When is this going to end?” You’re not doubting God’s existence or your salvation, but perhaps you wonder, “God? Are you paying attention?” “Are you really bigger than this cancer?”

As a kid, no Easter was complete without a chocolate bunny. Mom would get each of us identical chocolate bunnies, each wrapped in shiny foil with a colorful bow around their necks. At the earliest opportunity, I’d rip off the foil and bite off as much bunny ear as I could cram into my mouth.

Growing up, I used to do everything my big brother said. This was not my smartest idea. He’d say climb a tree, I’d climb the tree—then he’d move the ladder so I couldn’t get down.

Part of stress management is recognizing that sometimes it’s not a bear. It’s a hamster, but you’re reacting like it’s a bear.

That dog would chase cars all afternoon, leaving him exhausted and standing in the exact same place he started. It frightens me how much I’m like Poochie. My tendency is to live my life like a dog chasing cars.

Our family plays in creeks. Other families have leisure pastimes like biking or camping or playing softball. My kids have grown up playing in creeks, I played in creeks and even my dad played in creeks. We have a creek-playing season, and we even have creek shoes. You can’t go out and buy creek shoes; they have to be the too-small pair of tennis shoes from last summer with your toe poking out of the top to really qualify.

Greg Holder, the pastor at The Crossing in Chesterfield, MO, leads us through a prayer for oncology workers.

Join Christian Music Artist, Matthew West, as he prays for cancer survivors.

Join Pastor Donna Montgomery as she prays for grandparents with cancer.

Listen to You Say by Lauren Daigle.

Listen to God’s Not Done with You by Tauren Wells.

Pastor of White Memorial Presbyterian, Christopher Edmonston, joins us to pray for those with leukemia and lymphoma.

In this prayer Doug prays for all those who may be dealing with depression on their cancer journey.

“You find joy. Who doesn’t want to feel joyful? Who doesn’t want to feel hope? Who doesn’t want to feel connected? Cancer Companions gives you that.”

Join Steve Gruenwald, Director of Work and Wellness at Concordia Plans, as he prays for those dealing with anxiety on their cancer journey.

Focusing on Christ does not mean pretending that cancer is small and has no impact on your life. We need to be honest with ourselves and face the truth that cancer is big, really big, gigantically big - but Christ is BIGGER!

You are not to be anxious about anything. Why? Because God is with you through everything! So ask God for anything, but do it while thanking Him for your blessings.

A cancer walk is the type of struggle that can reveal new things about Jesus you’d never seen before. On the day before cancer came into your life, you probably understood that Jesus was your Savior, your Protector and your Comforter. Yet, sometimes your faith can jump from understanding who Jesus is to knowing who Jesus is.

Let’s say you had a concern. You saw your doctor and he said, “It’s not anything to worry about.” But you still worry. Getting a second opinion is good, but at some point you either have an action to take, or you do not. Everybody worries. The question is, does focusing on negative things that might happen draw us closer to Christ, or farther away?