I went to church feeling numb the morning after eleven people were massacred at Tree of Life Synagogue during a Shabbat service in nearby Pittsburgh. I needed to kneel at the...

I am in prison, but I am more free now than I was prior to incarceration. Though I was a pastor, worship leader, and staff member in several congregations, I lost...

A gospel singer in my country wrote a song with the lyric, “[Go] upward, forward. There is no limit.” When I heard this song, I was working in the daytime and...

My mom’s ministry was sending birthday cards with encouraging words. For more than 30 years she sent cards to people and never tired of her work. On the day she died,...

My life was going well, but then everything changed. I was in a doctor’s office every day for a week. I was told I had macular degeneration. Wasn’t my severe glaucoma...

I was in a hurry when I came to a stop at a traffic light. A homeless person approached my car. As he came toward the driver’s side, I began to...

I used to worry a lot, which produced feelings of fear, sadness, or confusion. So I decided to try to turn each worry into a prayer. Sometimes a scripture verse came...

I was standing with my hands raised above my head as I gasped for air. My legs and lungs burned from my first cross-country race of the season. I congratulated the...

One bleak, cloudy, autumn day, I went to do my grocery shopping. As I approached the shopping center, I was astounded by a liquidambar tree in the full glory of its...

For the past two summers I have worked at a Christian camp. The first year made me stronger in my faith and happy to show others the light of Christ working...