When my daughter was in kindergarten, her school held a Christmas fair. One of the highlights was a shop where the children could select their own gifts for their parents and...

I worry about almost everything! When I feel overcome by worry, I look for signs of inspiration to help me cope. I found such inspiration in a most unlikely place this...

My parents serve in a few Christian communities, and they always take me with them to help in their ministry. Some time ago I began to feel that working in those...

Each Christmas season I spend time reading and re-reading the Christmas story from the Bible. This year the story provided a particularly relevant truth. A month before Christmas, several family issues...

During one of my first mission trips to Mexico, we stayed in the minister’s home next to the church and worked alongside the people in the community. Although the trip was...

These days I have plenty of time for porch-sitting at my home in Mississippi. But life wasn’t always this way. When I was 35, I struggled through a divorce and became...

Sometimes it seems unlikely that God would use me in God’s divine plan. How could someone as insignificant as me be of use to the Creator of the universe? Yet because...

One year as the Christmas season approached, some talented seamstresses created a set of costumes for the children of our church to wear while presenting the annual nativity play. The garments...

The lab director was often difficult to get along with. She seemed bent on getting me fired, and with each new disagreement our conflict intensified. She and my other colleagues also...

When my friend was asked to become a song leader in Christian fellowship, she asked me, “Sister, can I do this?” To encourage her, I said, “Yes, you can!” Despite her...