I still have my grandfather’s cloth seed bag that he used to store seed corn. It has a neat patch, lovingly stitched by my grandmother. My grandparents were hardworking and knew...

A few years ago, I felt lost in my career. The daily tasks were monotonous, and I began questioning whether my work had any true purpose. Despite my best efforts to...

While visiting a sunflower field, I was fascinated by the way the flowers turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. Scientists attribute this behavior to the...

A song that has been meaningful to me gives the assurance that God is with us both on the mountain and in the valley. Over years of growing closer to Christ,...

I clutched my exam results in trembling hands as tears streamed down my face. I was the top-scoring student in my school, but instead of feeling joy I was overcome with...

Driving in an older section of our town, we passed by a historic, majestic church building. A sign out front announced its closure and gratitude for the 110-plus years of its...

I have fond memories of how my mother would light up when she recited this verse from 1 John. I could tell it spoke to her and touched her on a...

When tectonic plates move against each other, causing stress to build up in the Earth’s crust until the rock breaks, the resulting fracture is called a fault. This happened at the...

My church did something unusual one Sunday. We had a “reverse offering.” We were instructed to take ten dollars out of the offering plate and use it to bless someone in...

Many years ago, I decided that I wanted to learn guitar, and I wanted to be able to play it well. I bought an inexpensive guitar at first. After learning some...