I live and garden in the desert year-round. Among the things I grow are sugar snap peas. From the time I plant them, the peas will thrive for eight months and...

I can’t remember the exact date when my sister made a paper bag and named it “God’s Bag,” but it is still hanging in our bedroom. She said, “If you ask...

On my first day of a new job, I found myself sitting in the office feeling terrified. For 13 years I had enjoyed working in a comfortable youth-ministry job for a...

One day at church I was very sad over the death of someone in my family. When worship was over, I stepped outside to the church playground. One of the two...

When I was seven years old, my younger brother and I were playing near our family’s garment shop. Then a bully came up to us and started slapping me and hitting...

One of the most vivid memories from my childhood is seeing Mom retreat to the living room each day at three o’clock for an hour of prayer. This was her special...

Throughout my life I have faced situations where I was uncertain of what to do and was afraid of making choices on my own. Before I truly entrusted my life to...

Nearly 20 years ago, I set upon the task of reading the Bible from beginning to end. I’m pleased to say that I did it; I’m not pleased to say that...

I’m fascinated by the wonders of the natural world: the delicate structure of a leaf, a rainstorm with loud claps of thunder and flashes of lightning, the way thousands of ants...

My son Ted died in a car wreck in March of 1978. It has been a long time, and though some folks say you get over it, you don’t; you just...