Strolling home from class at 4 p.m., the Wisconsin wind whips and whirls, tangling your hair into knots. The sun hides behind the clouds, slipping quietly into the comfort of night. Leaves drift from ...

Dr. Pipher is a clinical psychologist and writer in Lincoln, Neb., and the author, most recently, of “A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence.” This essay was originally published in December ...

The technicolor Florida sunset had faded into darkness, and my extended family, assembled from two continents and three countries, gathered on the beach at Longboat Key to look at the stars. We were ...