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, ...

Melancholy, a gentle, reflective sadness, settles quietly rather than crashing in. This subdued emotion, distinct from grief ...

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 ...