While walking one morning, I noticed a hawk flying low with a little bird flitting around it. I was immediately concerned for the small bird because I was unsure how the...

After finishing a sandwich one day, I saw a poppy seed from the crust roll across the palm of my hand. I marveled at the idea that something that tiny contained...

Every year I return to my family’s beach house for a time of rest and relaxation. While there, I visit the park where my family and friends planted trees years ago....

I taught first grade for more than 30 years. One day, one of my students brought a caterpillar to the classroom. We placed it in a glass jar, along with some...

My son is barely four years old, but everything about him — from the clothes he wears to his brand new “big-boy haircut” — reminds me of myself. On Sundays after...

My husband and I had served as youth helpers for two years when our pastor approached us about the need for a youth pastor at a small church across the state....

Many times I have stressed over things beyond my control. I began to ask myself, Why? Do I doubt God? Then my friend suggested that when I felt stressed and worried...

When I was about seven years old, my mother became bedridden with tuberculosis, making it impossible for her to take care of my two brothers and me. But still she invested...

My little farming homestead is nestled in a suburban, woodsy neighborhood. In the late afternoon, I love to walk through the trees behind the house as the light dances among the...

I have moved to a different part of the country a total of 11 times. As I write this I am about to move again to be near one of my...