I don’t enjoy cooking or washing dishes. So when members of the church prepare dinner each night of revival meetings, I don’t volunteer. “Are you going to be here to help?”...

Warm spring days often bring badgers out early, so my husband and I set out on our first badger watch of the year with great anticipation, hoping to catch sight of...

My wife grew up in northwest Indiana. Her mother, Miriam, was a teacher and housewife, and her father, Henry, was a farmer and the local postmaster. Their modest home faced the...

The young live oak tree in our front yard was struggling. Battered by Hurricane Florence, it was leaning to one side and on the verge of being uprooted. My husband and...

I was born with a withered Achilles tendon, and I walk with a limp. My parents took me to many doctors in search of a remedy to no avail. Despairing, I...

Recently, I received an email regarding a friend who was struggling with serious issues after surgery. “Please join us in prayer tomorrow at 9:10 am,” the message said. Usually I would...

As a teenager I was introduced to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) through Al-Anon, a fellowship that offers a program of recovery for family and friends of alcoholics. My mom was an active...

One night I woke up around midnight feeling anxious, and everything just snowballed from there. I was worrying about areas where I felt like a failure. My long list of responsibilities...

When I was in nursing school, I spent a few weeks working on the pediatric floor at a hospital in Georgia. One of the patients I took care of was a...

One of the leaders in my Christian fellowship asked if I wanted to help with small fellowship groups for children. At first I was reluctant because I had no experience serving...