As a recent college graduate, I was anxious about my future. I was uncertain about how best to teach my dance students, worried about family members’ health issues, and overwhelmed by...

Less than one month into my first job as a prison chaplain, a man caught my attention as I was walking by. He looked young, and his smile seemed forced. As...

“It’s broken!” Tears streamed down my child’s face as water poured out of his snow globe, and the world inside was destroyed. This small toy, which had brought him so much...

As a child brought up in a military family, I usually lived thousands of miles away from “home,” which was my grandfather’s dairy farm in rural Minnesota. One of my most...

When the hurricane slammed into our coastal town, our family was prepared. We had stockpiled water, food, flashlights, and batteries. Our children gathered in a large downstairs closet with their blankets...

I find Elijah to be one of the most interesting figures in the Bible. He suffered loneliness, persecution, humiliation, and hunger in grim desert places. But God never abandoned him. God...

Even though Dad had retired, he still received frequent invitations from local churches to preach on Sundays. But when he was 89 years old, he told me that he would be...

As my grandchildren grow up, I see less and less of them. They are busy with school, friends, work, and social obligations. Several weeks ago, we visited our daughter on a...

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...