I had applied for a professional course at my university, but my name wasn’t on the first provisional list of candidates chosen. When I saw this, I became anxious and blamed...

On Friday, July 28, 2017, my wife Lisa and I were shocked to hear my physician say, “I think you have ALS.” I don’t remember much after those words except for...

From the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep, we’re bombarded with noise. The alarm clock begins the cacophony, giving way to the morning news, the honking...

When a women’s retreat committee asked me to speak to them, God urged me to share my struggle with depression and how God brought people into my life in answer to...

In the summer of 2018, I spent a week backpacking in Colorado with my discipleship group. We hiked over 40 miles to reach a mountain that we would summit the final...

My left knee throbbed, the spot between my shoulder blades ached, and my thumb joints screamed at me. Arthritis and fibromyalgia were causing me great pain. For a while I was...

My husband and I have five children. Raising them brought quite a few challenges. One son in particular went through a very difficult period from the age of 15 into adulthood....

The phone rang, and it was too early for good news. Still half-asleep, I answered the call from my parents. My sister Mary had been in a car accident, and they...

As I was reading Esther, I found a detail that I previously hadn’t noticed. In addition to being praised around the kingdom at the end of the book, Mordecai became King...

My old wheelbarrow had rusted out, and both handles had been broken, repaired, and re-broken. I was about to throw it in a dumpster with no regret. But then a person...