Recently, when I visited the fields that my grandfather had farmed, I encountered a surprise. Expecting to see open fields, I walked into a forest of giant loblolly pine trees. The...

Every November our women’s group hosts a bake sale to raise money for local missions. Our bake sales unite different generations in our church to work as one body. This year...

When my aunt was being tested for a life-threatening illness, I started praying desperately that if she had the illness she would be healed. I worried, though, that my faith needed...

Last week a father came to thank me for teaching his son English for free. The man said he had nothing with which to repay my kindness — only thanks and...

For the longest time my brother and I didn’t get along. As a child, I idolized him and followed him everywhere — but he didn’t want me around. He seemed to...

For a few years, I have been attending a weekly home Bible study that expands my understanding of scripture and where we share a delicious meal. Many of us didn’t know...

On one of those days when there was too much to do and too little time to do it, I rushed to the fast-food counter and was greeted by an angry,...

Several years ago I slipped on some ice and landed hard on my dominant hand, badly spraining my wrist. Since I lived alone, I had to do everything with one hand...

When we got in line for one of my son’s favorite attractions at an amusement park, the wait time was over an hour and a half. I asked my son if...

When I was seven years old, my life changed drastically and forever. Until then, I had been very close to my father. One night, suddenly and unexpectedly, he passed away —...