Books In Review: Liz Tichenor’s life in the wake of her infant’s death We are called to accompany the bodies we love from birth to death and beyond. by Kaethe Schwehn May 7, 2021
First Person Grieving my daughter’s suicide in a time of wider grief My years of experience as an undertaker didn’t make it easier. by Thomas Lynch November 18, 2020
Books Take & Read: Practical theology Five books that introduce new voices to the conversation by Mary Clark Moschella October 7, 2020
Books In Review: How deaths of despair reached white communities Two economists tell the story and suggest reforms. by Graison Dangor June 3, 2020
From the Editors Suicides in the US are rising. How can the church respond? Helping people feel connected to one another is the holy work of any community, including congregations. August 13, 2019
First Person A liturgy for people affected by suicide One person told me, “It’s the first time I’ve been in a church for 30 years, since that day.” by Samuel Wells February 19, 2019
Faith Matters A pastor's job isn't to make bad things seem better If you have to choose between offering false hope and the truth, go with the truth. by Samuel Wells April 18, 2018
Editor’s Post Breaking the silence about suicide “When the church couldn’t talk about suicide or mental illness, it felt like God couldn’t either.” Celeste Kennel-Shank interviews Talitha Arnold September 7, 2017
Guest Post Pastors need to see 13 Reasons Why The Netflix series is troubling and difficult to watch. Watch it anyway. by Kelly B. Brill May 18, 2017
Opinion Guns and the illusion of security Concealed weapons don't make us safer; communities do. by Lindsey Peterson August 31, 2016
Readers Write Road: Essays by readers In response to our request for essays on the subject road, we received many compelling reflections. Here is a selection. April 18, 2016
Books In Review: All My Puny Sorrows, by Miriam Toews This is a book about deep, protracted, unrelenting sadness, and it knows it. reviewed by Amy Frykholm September 28, 2014
Books In Review: Stay, by Jennifer Michael Hecht Most moral arguments against suicide are built on premises of faith. But Jennifer Hecht, a poet and first-rate historian of ideas, is intent on providing secular reasons for refraining from it. reviewed by Gordon Marino April 17, 2014
Guest Post Making space for veterans If soldiers make it home, the war comes with them. Every day, about 18 of them implode in suicide. by Logan Isaac November 8, 2012