Sometimes the first thing you need is a sentence.

“I don’t know where to begin.” “I miss someone today.” “I need help, but I hate asking.”

The Human Reference is a practical Christian companion for the days when grief, uncertainty, strained relationships, or exhaustion leave you reaching for words. Its fifty entries begin with ordinary sentences and offer somewhere to go from there.

Find what fits your day in six sections: Begin, Help, Grief, Repair, Return, and Carrying Too Much. Each one-page entry offers Scripture references, a short reflection, one small action to consider, words you can borrow, a question to return to, and an original prayer.

There is room here to miss someone, ask for help, make an honest apology, hold a boundary, or admit that faith feels difficult. The suggested practices can be adapted to your circumstances. The return questions invite you to notice what helped, what did not, and what you need now.

Written by Texas Hill Country author Randi Webber, this book is for the person carrying something hard and the person who wants to offer care. Read one page at the kitchen table. Borrow a sentence for the conversation you have been putting off. Keep it near your chair, or give it to someone you want to keep showing up for.

You can begin anywhere and return as often as you need.

Start with the sentence you can say.