During my teenage years, my greatest suffering was loneliness. Year after year, I prayed for deep Christian friendships. But year after year, God answered, “Not yet,” and I wondered why. Hadn’t...

I was alone in my car driving home at night when suddenly I wound up in a location I did not recognize. I had taken the wrong road and was in...

Shortly after I was born, my mother fell ill. Her doctor prescribed potent medication that severely impaired Mom’s ability to focus. But this didn’t stop her from sharing Christ with me,...

When I married Bill, classical was not on my list of musical genres I wanted to listen to. But it was Bill’s favorite. When a classical radio station began broadcasting in...

Recently my son required corrective surgery for which the surgeon had to break his jaw in seven places. We knew the surgery was needed, but that only slightly reduced the stress....

My husband and I needed some work done on our home, so we selected a repairman to do the job. When the man came to the house, he proved to be...

I was teaching English as a Second Language to college-age students who were preparing to enter a university in the U.S. One day the class was learning to use the reflexive...

Drinking soft drinks or juice in my young nephew’s presence will likely cause him to cry because he wants the drink and is not allowed to consume too much sugar. One...

During my first backpacking trip, I wasn’t far into the trek up the mountain before I realized that I had grossly overpacked. As I struggled, I saw a member from our...

It started with a twinge of pain in my leg, but the little twinges soon became greater and steadily intensified. Two years later, while I was sitting in my seventh-grade math...