When I was young, we lived two thousand miles from my paternal grandparents. I was able to see them only a couple of times in their lifetimes. They had little money,...

I heard a beautiful song on the radio years ago that I immediately loved. I only heard it once, but it has stuck with me. Many times since I heard it,...

I had just finished high school when my father died. I felt my world collapsing as I stood by his body and reflected on all the promises he had made to...

I once tried making bread. It had just four ingredients: flour, water, salt, and yeast. I thought, How hard could it be? I mixed the ingredients to form a sticky dough,...

Standing in the marketplace of ancient Megiddo in Israel, I closed my eyes and imagined the swirl of activity occurring on this spot three thousand years earlier. Once considered the jewel...

We consulted maps and considered terrain and distance before our group of ten family members embarked on a moderate hike to a mountain lookout. A few meters from the trailhead the...

When I was a freshman in high school, my dad lost his job. He had survived a stroke, but his employer thought he wasn’t up to the task anymore. We were...

The train whistle blew as we headed out of the metro station toward the city. I looked out the window until I could no longer see the platform. Then I opened...

The apostle Paul had been arrested and was sailing to Rome, accompanied by nearly three hundred people, when they ended up in a horrible storm. They were helpless and fearful, and...

While traveling, I stopped at a roadside produce stand. After checking out the usual fare — tomatoes, melons, etc. — I turned to read the labels on the glass jars displayed...