As a pastor, I rarely saw significant impact from my sermons, confirmation classes, home and hospital visits, radio and television broadcasts, committee meetings, or any other work. But Jesus’ parable of...

When I was younger, prayer seemed like a chore to check off my to-do list. I would schedule time to pray and say the words I thought I should. Often I...

I was devastated when the biopsy showed cancer in my left breast. I felt the weight of the world crashing down on me. I could not stop crying. What will I...

I went to Houston after Hurricane Harvey as part of a disaster-relief team. We were working to clean out a house damaged by the flooding. While taking some debris to the...

When I was a young girl growing up in rural northeast Georgia, we would visit my grandmother every other year for Christmas in Rhode Island. Though I was excited to see...

I once had the opportunity to visit a butterfly garden where I saw a variety of species of butterflies with their beautiful shades of color and differing sizes. I thought about...

During my senior year of college, all was well in my world. I planned to go to seminary and to marry my college sweetheart. But then she broke up with me....

Growing up in the London suburbs, I remember mischievous children knocking at our door and running off before my mother had time to open it. She would be puzzled and then...

The year 2018 was one of enormous change for me. My daughter was born, and both of my grandmothers died within a three-month period. After constant prayer I came to the...

As a teenager, I would wake my sister every Sunday morning and ask, “Do you want to go to church with me?” She always said no, but then one day she...