After my first few months working overseas — struggling with learning a new language and experiencing a culture very different from my own — I was beginning to have a negative...

One summer I spent three months at a wilderness lake with my best friend. We left our Volkswagen van parked at the end of a bumpy dirt road and carried an...

I am only four feet seven inches tall. In kindergarten, I was constantly teased about my height. The ugly words troubled me. One day I asked God, “Why did you make...

I once told someone about my struggles with a habitual sin. I asked for advice and support. The response was, 
“Well, if you’re a Christian, you shouldn’t have any trouble controlling...

As an Upper Room intern who is blind, I have shared laughter and tears with our Braille readers. While I initially contacted them about subscriptions, together we found an unbreakable bond...

I became the first Christian in my family, and the joy I found in Jesus Christ led me to speak the good news. But I was rejected by my own family....

One misty, gray morning I went walking with my children just as the rain stopped. We passed an ugly, bare field of roughly mown stubble. Returning some time later, however, we...

During our weekly Bible study at church, one of the 
members, Edie, asked if anyone would be interested in 
coming to the prayer group next week. I never gave much thought...

When I was a freshman in high school, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder. For over two years, I despised my body. In this state it was impossible for me...

During a period of time in my life I felt everything was going wrong. I became depressed and felt hopeless. God and God’s love for me seemed far away. I felt...