“I can’t imagine how you must feel.” The grief my friend experienced when her husband died was palpable, but I 
realized there was nothing I could say to make it better....

A friend was telling me about a Christian concert at which she was going to sing. She and others had spent long hours organizing and practicing for the event. Worry began...

Since I have a great love and zeal to minister to young gang members, I decided to visit an area where I knew I would find one of the most notorious...

When I read the story of how Stephen was cast out of the city and stoned to death because of false testimony brought against him, I often wonder how he could...

When I was in college I had very little money. One Sunday morning I used some of what I had to get to church. While I was in church I felt...

On a day trip, we stopped in a small village. Our children asked why we were there. “Let’s go get a drink,” we said. They thought we would buy soft drinks...

Recently I came across a pile of vintage tablecloths that I had collected over the past several years. A cherry-print tablecloth caught my eye. As I unfolded it and ran my...

A friend asked me, “What have you learned about God that you didn’t expect to learn?” After taking some time for reflection, I replied that when I first accepted Christ I...

I love weddings. I am sometimes asked to arrange the flowers or make bouquets for the event, so I am often one of the many busy people behind the scenes. People...

A dear family member recently suffered an infirmity 
that left her practically incapacitated. Friends and family members flooded her with questions about the hows and whats of her condition. After wrestling...