My father was quite the backyard gardener. Vegetables and fruit trees shared a small rectangular plot. He planted every spring, and he harvested through summer and fall. When my father died,...

On a Saturday morning several years ago, my best friend died in an accident. I spent much of the day with his family, but it wasn’t until that night in bed,...

During my first stay outside of my country, I attended a church of a different denomination from my own. I enjoyed months of communion and traditional hymns with the congregation. When...

In today’s reading after Elijah commanded a drought, God made all the arrangements for Elijah to survive. It is amazing to me how God takes care of God’s people. I imagine...

I watched my mom cry before I turned and walked away, off to my college dorm. I was the first to leave, and she couldn’t handle it. I nearly couldn’t either....

I was kneeling on the floor, holding a long, green sock. A few days earlier, my husband had undergone knee-replacement surgery, and it was my job to change the special compression...

In January, I made the difficult decision to leave my job. After completing my paralegal certification in February, I began looking for a job, sending out application after application. I felt...

In aerobics class I learned a new exercise that incorporates stretching and balance. A deep lunge forward is followed by rising up on one’s toes and pausing, arms extended outward. It...

One morning I met up with my instructor at the scientific complex of our college, and we went to the room where our Transmission Electron Microscope is kept. In the dim...

When my son was in kindergarten, I started a morning ritual of reading The Upper Room to him. Though we were often rushed in the mornings getting ready for school and...