For several years I taught third grade in the same classroom where I had attended third grade. On the first day of school each year, I would pass around my third-grade...

One day while I was getting ready to go to work, my dad called. He told me that my mom had passed away in her sleep. My heart sank. I called...

I was raised in a Christian family, but I did not cultivate the habits of daily prayer or church attendance during my childhood. After age 20, I began to embrace habits...

El Salvador had been in a civil war for nearly a decade when in November of 1989, those who sought to overthrow the government brought the fight to the capital city,...

The last time my two grandsons and I made pizzas, I tried a new recipe for the dough. I watched as a tiny packet of yeast, activated by a little warm...

I once read a newspaper article that said a significant number of young people want to find a love that will last forever. However, finding a love that lasts can be...

Psalm 139 has always been my favorite part of the Bible. When I was a child, it taught me that I was special. I felt that I had a unique purpose...

My mind was reeling over our daughter’s premature birth, her birth defects, and then having to leave my wife in another hospital. At the neonatal intensive care unit there, I stood...

One warm summer day, my mother took my brother and me by the hand and led us into the “clean room.” In Hungary, until the last century, the clean room was...

A few years ago I retired from ministry after about 40 years, and then four months later my husband died after a long illness. He had also been in ministry over...