POEM BY KAREN ABEYTA:No body breathless or casket to cradle the weight of death. No funeral or tombstone to mark the passing when death dies unseen.

MUSIC BY ELIZABETH STEWART: Musician Elizabeth Stewart shares her heart and story of struggling with hope and faith after loss.

READING BY ELIZABETH STEWART: How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all! I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

READING BY ELIZABETH STEWART: A favorite prayer from The Valley of Vision (Authur Bennett, Editor) for those suffering from loss or struggling with faith.

The kitchen window framed the scene | the proud posturing, the wild gesturing. | And I, with linen towel twisting | between fretting fingers, watched | as a broken boy extended his hand, | demanding honor from kindness.

If surviving grief has taught me anything, it is that we all have one life to live and one God to glorify, and we are purposed to do that in community.

REFLECTION BY LAURA BECK:On pain, peace, and new paths emerging out of darkness

ARTICLE BY DR. SANDRA GLAHN: If you're struggling to find the perfect words to comfort someone in their grief, it's because there aren't any. Here's how to comfort those who are hurting.