A Coach's Eulogy for His Wife

In mid-February of 2016, Monty Williams, an Assistant Coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder pro basketball team, stood at his wife's funeral to give ...

Stephen Colbert on Gratitude in Suffering

GQ magazine's interview with talk show host Stephen Colbert explored how he found gratitude in the midst of suffering ("The Late, Great Stephen ...

Secular Writer Describes Her Grief

In her book The Year of Magical Thinking, author Joan Didion tries to make sense of her world after the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion ...

Actor Nick Nolte's Advice on Failure

When asked by GQ magazine about the best advice he has to offer, actor Nick Nolte said,

This is going to sound strange, but my best advice is to accept ...

Can People Die of a ‘Broken Heart’?

BBC news writer Stephen Evans was curious—he'd heard account after account of long-married elderly couples who, sometimes inexplicably, died ...

Life-sized Dolls Illustrate Grief and Loss

We've all experienced the loss of loved ones. Family, friends, neighbors, valuable members of our community taken by death, or perhaps simply having ...

Kay Warren's Advice for Comforting Grievers

Rick and Kay Warren's son Matthew committed suicide at the age of 27 after a long struggle with mental illness. About a year after his death, Kay ...

Woman Writes Letter to Her Aborted Children

Patricia Raybon honestly shares the regret and grief she carried after aborting two children. She writes, "I had told myself that an abortion would ...

Novelist Describes the Pain of Miscarriage

In Elizabeth Strout's novel The Burgess Boys, a young woman named Susan has a miscarriage. After learning that the baby was a girl, her husband tries ...

Journey to Unbelief Often Involves Trauma

The Christian scholar Larry Taunton launched a nationwide campaign to interview college students who are members of Secular Student Alliances—the ...