On the Saturday before Easter I woke up in tears, feeling completely overwhelmed. I had just given up a job that gave me worldly success so that I could live a...

My young grandson, Luka, and I settled into our seats in church on Good Friday evening. As the service began, we gazed up at the black-draped cross in the sanctuary. Various...

As a schoolteacher, I learn a lot as I try to impart knowledge and sound moral training to my young students. The greatest lesson I believe I can share is that...

Recently I left a job in which I was treated unfairly by the management. Prior to my leaving, I received information that could cause strife for the leaders of the organization....

Growing old isn’t as much fun as I had imagined. Being retired is good. But my knees don’t work as well as they used to, my aching back wakes me up...

Many years ago, after a walk in the park, my children and I were heading home. Unexpectedly, my younger daughter tore her hand from mine and ran out into the street...

At our wedding reception, a friend of my grandparents who had known me my whole life hugged me. She told me how proud my mother would have been of me. I...

I have a tiny woodworking shop in the basement of my house, and I love spending time making things. One day I was planing down a rough piece of oak timber...

After my heart transplant, I began taking time to slow down and reflect on the little miracles that happen in our everyday lives. Just after my operation, my mom asked me...

One morning on my walk to work, I saw a cute little bird walking on the pavement. I could not help slowing down to gaze at it. Then the bird started...