When asking for directions to a certain shop, a newcomer friend asked me, “Is it on the right side of the street or the left side?” I replied that it depended...

“My translation says something different here,” my co-leader said. We were leading a discussion on Psalm 91 and its comparison of God to a fortress that can protect and shield us....

Winter seemed to drag on for months and left all the windows of our home covered with a dull film. On the first nice day of spring, my wife washed them....

One night, after a period of feeling detached from God, I received word that one of my childhood friends had died in a traffic accident. The news was so painful that...

My husband, Dan, and I have been birdwatching together for 20 years. Recognizing bird songs helps us to know which bird is near so that we can more easily spot it....

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...