It was true — she was dying, and I had just cheapened that very painful fact with my ungracious response. (relevantmagazine.com)
No matter what side of the debate anybody stands on, everyone must acknowledge one indisputable yet painful fact: Rochester's city schools don't work for enough families. (extracreditblog.org)
They can become powerful witnesses to participatory theonomy - to the truth that makes us genuinely free, and which in that sense is natural to us, despite the painful fact that it does not come naturally. (faith.org.uk)