Spark of Life

10/30/2026

Check out our new Online Course. Please share this on your social media pages with anyone who needs this grief course. Blessings.

Since 2009, we've had the privilege of walking alongside more than 10,000 people at Spark of Life retreats and workshops. One of our deepest hopes has always been to bring that same care into the homes of people who can't travel to a retreat.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Living Forward: Finding Hope After Loss, our new online video course: 12 video lessons with David, an action step after each one, a 60-page workbook, and lifetime access, all at your own pace.

To celebrate the launch, the course is $99 instead of $199 with code FORWARD99, through Friday, October 30.
https://sparkoflife.org/courses?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=lf_launch

If someone you love comes to mind, please share this with them. ❤️
David and Debbie

10/24/2026

Since 2009, we've had the privilege of walking alongside more than 10,000 people at Spark of Life retreats and workshops. One of our deepest hopes has always been to bring that same care into the homes of people who can't travel to a retreat.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Living Forward: Finding Hope After Loss, our new online video course: 12 video lessons with David, an action step after each one, a 60-page workbook, and lifetime access, all at your own pace.

To celebrate the launch, the course is $99 instead of $199 with code FORWARD99, through Friday, October 30.
https://sparkoflife.org/courses?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=lf_launch

If someone you love comes to mind, please share this with them. ❤️
David and Debbie

10/01/2026

"I don't deserve to be here - my loss doesn't compare." Why comparing losses hurts your grief recovery, and why your loss matters.

At a Spark of Life grief retreat, five families shared that they had lost loved ones to su***de - three of them children. Then a widow said she didn't belong there. David Mathews explains what we told her: every loss hurts, you never have to rank your grief, and God understands your pain completely.

Watch the full message, "The Greatest Griever in the Bible Is God | Why He Understands Your Loss": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m02ESVI3-VY

About Spark of Life: Spark of Life is a grief recovery ministry that has walked beside grieving people since 2009 - after the loss of a child, spouse, parent, or sibling, including loss to su***de. In 3½ days, our grief retreats help participants move from hopeless to hopeful with practical tools to live forward. We also offer online grief courses and one-on-one grief coaching.

Common questions we help with: Is it wrong to grieve when others have lost more? Why do I feel guilty for grieving? How do I stop comparing my loss to other people's? Does God understand my grief?

💛 Coaching: https://sparkoflife.org/coaching 💛 Grief Retreats: https://sparkoflife.org/retreats 💛 Online Grief Courses: https://sparkoflife.org/courses

08/26/2026

"It's beyond anything I could have imagined."

Those are the words of a husband who came to a Spark of Life retreat carrying unimaginable loss — he and his wife lost three people in just a couple of years: two children and his father. Grief like that touches everything: your family, your faith, your hope for the future.

But over one weekend, surrounded by love and by other people bravely sharing their stories, something began to shift. He described it as a sunburst — rays of love, hope, kindness, and joy radiating from everyone there. "To us, it was really a touch of heaven."

And now? He and his wife want to pass on what they've learned to other people who are hurting and in pain, just like they were. That's what hope does — it multiplies.

If you're carrying a devastating loss, you don't have to carry it alone. Spark of Life offers grief recovery retreats, online courses, and coaching to help you move from hopeless to hopeful.

We'd love to walk beside you: 💛 Coaching → https://sparkoflife.org/coaching 💛 Grief Retreats → https://sparkoflife.org/retreats 💛 Online Grief Courses → https://sparkoflife.org/courses

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

One thing you need to do to Recover

08/07/2026

Nobody tried to fix her. And that's exactly when she started to heal.

Has a friend ever tried to "fix" your grief — and it turned you off, hurt you, didn't help you? When we ask that question at a retreat, every hand goes up. Every single one.

Here's what happens instead in a supportive community where nobody's fixing and everybody's supporting: she started opening up. She started seeing that other people are just as broken as she is — different losses, but just as broken. And then something beautiful happened. She started reaching out to others who were hurting. She wasn't the only one hurting.

At a Spark of Life retreat, we never compare losses. Your loss is different than mine — your life shattered for your reasons, mine for mine. But for 3½ days, away from daily responsibilities, we discover we're not the only one in this very lonely boat. The boat is still lonely… but it's not as lonely as we thought it was.

If you're tired of being "fixed" and just want to be supported, we'd love to welcome you:

💛 Coaching → https://sparkoflife.org/coaching 💛 Grief Retreats → https://sparkoflife.org/retreats 💛 Online Grief Courses → https://sparkoflife.org/courses

🎥 Watch the full message here: https://youtu.be/iaWWc7aKkuw

07/31/2026

Focusing on one thing helps me feel better, more successful. Spark of Life helped me do that

07/31/2026

Why do I always second guess my decisions? I could have done this better, said this differently. Spark of Life helped me think clearly.

07/31/2026

We all feel stuck sometimes. It’s like there is a dark cloud around us, grief does that. At Spark of Life I was able to get unstuck and out of the pit of grief.