Janet Tamez reflects on "Days at the Morisaki Bookshop" by Satoshi Yagisawa, and the unexpected ways stories can offer refuge. What begins as a reader’s envy of a character’s dreamlike escape to a Tokyo bookstore becomes a meditation on rest, healing, and the embrace God offers when we are weary.

Paula Veloso Babadi reflects on her English mother’s child-like trust in God — and what twenty-six days of home hospice taught her about waiting on Him when nothing makes sense.

This month, author Mary McWilliams brings readers Part 3 of “Follow Me to Little Jesus.” While young Leo enthusiastically embraces the story of Little Jesus, Ross finds the visionary’s sketches fascinating, and Maeve remains skeptical until the visions’ messages reach her.

Amy Schisler shares the story of a full-circle moment celebrating the love between grandparents and grandchildren.