Aslan’s death so filled their minds that they hardly thought of it…. And down they both knelt in the wet grass and kissed his cold face and stroked his beautiful fur — what was left of it — and they cried till they could cry no more. And then they looked at each other and [...]

One night when I was in high school, my mom came into my room to tell me that my friend Sara’s father had died. I didn’t know what to do, so I called another friend who had recently lost her father. She said, “Get in your car and go over there.” So that’s what I [...]

“The anguish completely paralyzed me,” wrote Henri Nouwen in The Inner Voice of Love. “I could no longer sleep. I cried uncontrollably for hours. I could not be reached by consoling words or arguments … All had become darkness. Within me there was one long scream coming from a place I didn’t know existed, a [...]

The married students sat in a semi-circle, introducing themselves. “I’m John and this is my wife Jenny,” my husband said. Another young man piped-up. “I’m also John,” he said, raising his eyebrows at us. “And this is my wife Jenny.” The first time we had them over, we were startled by the similarities between our [...]

This is the conclusion of a two-part article. To see the first part, click here. Shannon O’Neill was eager to share the song she’d just learned with her 21-year-old sister Katie. As Shannon strummed her guitar, Katie sang these words with her sweet, soft voice: I stand to praise You but I fall down on my [...]