Abraham Lincoln's Life Raft

Abraham Lincoln went into a severe period of grief in February 1862 when his 11-year-old son, Willie, died.

He found comfort in the words of Presbyterian ...

Why God Weeps with Us

God weeps with us so that we may someday laugh with him.

—Theologian Jürgen Moltmann

Prayer for Mother's Recovery Goes Unanswered

Pastor Randy Frazee shared this with his congregation:

My mother was dying. I went to God and made a special request. By her bedside I prayed 50 times. ...

Dallas Holm on Faith Despite Disease

Linda Holm, one-time member of the band Dallas Holm and Praise, found a malignant lump in her breast. Though her faith was strong and she was sure of ...

"Dead Man Walking": Finding Real Love

The movie Dead Man Walking is based on Sister Helen Prejean's mission to care for the soul of death row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Poncelet awaits execution ...

Gone, But Not Forgotten

Grief refuses to flee the past just because it is gone and things have now changed.

Sorrow Leads to Repentance

When Michigan played Wisconsin in basketball early in the season in 1989, Michigan's Rumeal Robinson stepped to the foul line for two shots late in the ...

Unmerited Superiority

We are not happy because we are unforgiving, and we are unforgiving because we feel superior to others.

Life's Grievous Sorrows

There are two tragedies in our life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Waiting for Resurrection

How strangely stupid is grief. It neither learns nor knows nor wishes to learn or know. When the sorrowing sisters sat over against the door of God's ...