Why we took our children to a funeral.

Our hope is particular, personal, and unapologetically material.

In hospice ministry, I see death regularly. But this time, it was personal.

On loving dogs and being loved by God.

What if grief could be more like embarking on a sturdy sailboat for a journey and less like capsizing in a tsunami? A guest post by Jonalyn Fincher

Learning to lament in the 21st century.

Neither life nor death, not even suicide, can separate us from the love of God.

The search for a truer expression of Christian grief.

True compassion requires turning off the news.

Nurse Susan Beeney estimates that each year, 40,000 of her neighbors are facing profound loss. What her nonprofit is doing to heal their wounds.

Walking the way of grace in the midst of my grief.

Instead of speculating on why T.J. Lane killed three of his classmates, we are better off asking how to grieve the tragedy rightly.

What it can mean to participate in the life of God.

Why medicine should never trade places with a time to properly mourn.

An excerpt from Shauna Niequist's new book, 'Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way'.

How to reintroduce Christ to the funeral service.

Nancy Guthrie, the author of Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow, offers a list of new and classic titles.

A mother catches glimmers of hope after losing a son.

Why I got a second tattoo after the first one was a complete mess.