When my children were preschoolers, I would ask them to do something like pick up toys in their rooms or make their beds. Sometimes they responded, “I’m too little!” even when...

Lightning zipped across the sky with thunder roaring on its heels, as we drove from downtown Seattle to Duvall, Washington. From the back seat my nine-year-old great-niece cried out in fear....

I was standing near a large building that was about to be demolished. The building had offered office space for many businesses and organizations. My church used to rent a worship...

One day at school, I had two tests, neither of which I had studied for. A friend was having a really bad morning, and she also had a test that day....

At the retirement home where I live, I host the birthday dinners. Each month I share with the guests the verse quoted above. A birthday celebration can be a time to...

I had just finished my primary education and by God’s grace had passed and been the best in my region. Everyone was happy for me, and I remember that my friends...

At each Sunday service, a man at my church sits in the last pew and greets everyone who enters. It doesn’t matter who wanders into the church: stranger, newcomer, or homeless...

During the week, my wife cares for two of our grandsons. At two years old, the younger one, Colton, still struggles with his vocabulary so that even when he can find...

Walking on our northern Utah trails gives me a great appreciation of God’s majesty. My eyes delight in the beauty of the snow-covered Wasatch peaks and the sunlight sparkling on the...

I recently read an article about a tribe in northern Natal in South Africa. According to tribal custom, when someone does something wrong or detrimental to others, the members of the...