An occasional offering from Faith & Leadership, Duke Divinity School’s online magazine on the practice of Christian leadership. My church has held four funerals in the past two months, all for older, ...

He is neither giving up nor giving in. No, he is not surrendering; he is embracing his Father’s will as his own, and doing it as an act of love. The Seventh Word: “Father, into your hands I commend my ...

Melancholy, a gentle, reflective sadness, settles quietly rather than crashing in. This subdued emotion, distinct from grief or despair, has been explored for centuries in art and literature. It ...