I thought I was settled for life. Bob and I had graduated from high school and college, married, and were living in 
our hometown. Then, God called my husband to full-time...

When asked what he wanted for his 8th birthday party, my grandson Caleb said, “A party with presents. Everybody brings a present, and then we will take all the presents to...

My 87-year-old father enjoys feeding birds and small 
animals. One day, I was visiting him after he had thrown scrap food into the woods for the wild animals. Instead of 
attracting...

A few years ago our family was returning from a road trip to Mumbai. I was driving on Mumbai-Pune Expressway and enjoying the scenic stretch surrounded by hills and 
valleys. Suddenly,...

My daughter Alexis is an active three-year-old who loves 
to talk. Her favorite question is, “Why?” Many days we have in-depth conversations about why I go to work, why she goes...

As a public-utility worker for many years, I went out on service calls — often at odd times and to bad situations. Many times, I was greeted by someone who acted...

It was a dry, dusty afternoon. Spring was turning to summer in Italy, and the smell of the sea drifted from the port and wound through the narrow streets. Difficult circumstances...

In March of 2015, the founding prime minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, passed away. He is considered the father of modern Singapore because he led the growth of the...

For many months, my six children and I were homeless and living in our rundown car. We got most of our food out of dumpsters and washed up in gas station...

From the large picture window of my childhood home we could watch storms develop across the vast fields. They started as a cloud on the horizon that grew larger and darker...