One of the first questions survivors of suicide victims face is what to tell others about their loved one’s death.

If someone you know loses a loved one to suicide, show up, offer words of condolences and keep doing it.

Hopelessness is one option. But it is not the Christian one.

Thirty-four years ago I held my child, my 22-month-old son, cradling him in my arms as I watched the last flicker of his life ebb away.

The future demands faith. Either we summon it and nurture it, or fear will rule our final days.