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WWIran’s supreme leader orders ‘immediate and effective’ response to any threat
WWReader Responses to ‘What We Know—and Cannot Know—About Elisabeth Elliot’s Sexuality’
WW‘Church History for Everyone’ Lives Up to Its Title
WWRace, Justice, and the Way Forward
WWNo majority yet as Israel tallies absentee ballots
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WWCivilians reach Ukraine after Oleshky evacuation backed by Pope and US First Lady
WWIran’s supreme leader orders ‘immediate and effective’ response to any threat
WWReader Responses to ‘What We Know—and Cannot Know—About Elisabeth Elliot’s Sexuality’
WW‘Church History for Everyone’ Lives Up to Its Title
WWRace, Justice, and the Way Forward
WWNo majority yet as Israel tallies absentee ballots
EUSpain mourns 69 killed in high-speed train collision
WWA College-Town Bar as Hushed as a Church
WWSouls to the Gerrymandered Polls
WWGod’s Sovereignty Knows No Political Bounds
WWHuman Frailty, Divine Resilience
WWWhat If Having Kids Didn’t Require Moving to the ’Burbs?

16 August 20261 min read

How to sit with someone in loss

Presence outlasts advice. A quiet hour is worth more than a right answer.

Practical

Most of us reach for words because silence feels like failure. It is not.

Bring food. Stay a while. Say the person's name out loud.

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