Finding grace and new growth at Christmas

Each day after her mother's fall had its attendant rituals, including an offering of key lime pie.

‘I can no longer cope with the loneliness. At this point the future could not look any blacker.... I kept thinking I could work my way out of this horrible depression that grips me, but I can’t do it. Please forgive me if I have hurt you....”Minutes after writing these words, my mo

One man’s jouney from death row to a new life

Thinking with the church in El Salvador

When we left Virginia a year ago for Northern Michigan—driving 19 hours with two kids and two cats—I vowed I would never pack a box again. My husband and I are academics, but we must rival military families and missionaries in frequency of relocation. I have lost count of our moves.We li