Luther a pacifist? Perhaps not, but his thought contains an important vein of nonviolence: “Christians do not fight with sword and musket, but with the cross and suffering.”

Now exiled from Syria, Father Jacques has continued his ministry in Iraqi Kurdistan. A former detainee and a refugee among refugees, his testimony creates a closeness, his strength and peace preaches comfort.

Pre-Raphaelite poet Christina Rossetti penned this poem of grief, doubt, and faith after the death of her mother and brother. This radiant setting by composer Joseph Roff was recorded in an abandoned farm silo in upstate New York.