Let Be What Is, a collection of thirty poems written throughout the author's 20s, does not begin to capture all of life with Christ. Instead, it snapshots one woman's breaking, healing, and shaping moments. They are individual in that they are written out of her experience, but universal in that everyone who would follow Jesus must inevitably walk His path of death, burial, and resurrection. With words that are relatable, ordinary, and profound, Anna...

A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and her Labradoodle, Pransky, a new "leash" on life by getting the two of them certified as a therapy dog team. Smart, spirited, and instinctively compassionate, Pransky turned out to be not only a terrific therapist but an unerring moral compass.