Have you ever disliked someone so much that you delighted in their troubles? I have. I am ashamed to admit that my “enemy” and I are both missionaries. She runs a...

In August of 1999, while working at my job as a kindergarten teacher, I received a life-changing phone call. The doctor’s receptionist said, “Jan, the doctor needs to talk with you...

Today’s scripture came to me at a time when I felt hopeless. I was very poor, my son had committed suicide, and less than a year later my grandson died of...

I have often thought about what excitement and adventure international missionaries must experience as they follow the instructions given by Jesus in the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15). Despite...

On May 1, 2018, the meditation in The Upper Room was about a young boy who sat on the stairs putting pebbles in his mouth. His mother took the rocks out,...

A few years ago, my husband and I took a trip to the beachside city of Destin, Florida. I grew up in Colorado and had never seen the ocean up close....

God has given us many signs to show us how to know and follow our Creator. If we look up into the sky at night, we can see what astronomers tell...

Granddad was a quiet man. But in the evenings when he settled on the sofa, poetry flowed from him. I loved to lean against his chest, my cheek on his worn,...

Last week I watched what seemed to be a lizard party in my backyard. Lizards were everywhere — climbing on the fence, skittering from rock to rock, dodging behind flowers, perching...

When my parents died, my younger brother and I lived together. Our financial situation was difficult. He drove a bus, and I was a schoolteacher. Then I was diagnosed with a...