I looked down the 15 foot rock face that the other guys had just ridden down on their mountain bikes and the sight of it froze me in place.  But hey, the other five guys did it so I backed up, approached the steep decline and ... froze again, jamming on the brakes.  My buddies waited at the bottom and now I added a new fear, would they think less...

Note: Due to his request, the person's name who told us his life story has been withheld. Growing up in the Middle East, I was a strong adherent of Islam. I tried my best to do exactly what the Qur’an and the Muslim Sharia laws teach. However, despite my best efforts, I felt guilty. I thought that I must be the worst person on the face of the...

When I was a little girl, I used to wake up in the middle of the night with fear in my heart -- fear of death. I was in despair because I did not know what would happen to me after death. I thought there would be nothing and it would be the end. As a little girl, I ran to my parents' room in tears, asking, "Mama, am I going to die?" Throughout

It was December and my husband, Marvin, and I, along with another couple, were on one of those "around the world in 10 days" trips. We'd been in the air for five days already and were feeling weary. I was eager to get home to complete my Christmas preparations. We had been in Ethiopia and were on our way to meet friends in Bangalore, India. From...

My son has not been the same since the tsunami. It seems that nothing I can do will help. Sometimes I feel that everything I try to do only makes the situation worse. There is a refund but it doesn't come with a guarantee The first thing I did after the disaster was to take the family from our damaged house and look for a safe and dry shelter....

This is the transcript of a Probe radio program, adapted from an earlier magazine article by the author. What makes you feel anxious? What do you worry about? Finances? Conflict at work or with your neighbors? Making today's appointment on time? Perhaps your family or your health. Anxiety seems to be everywhere these days. September 11th brought...

Whether you have a child serving in the war in Iraq, recently lost a loved one or have no way to pay the mortgage this month, crisis takes many forms. Its impact is felt deeply. We feel helpless, we feel sad, we feel overwhelmed. Some of us are in crisis right now, for others, the images flashing across the TV screen are bringing up painful memories...