I have been involved in prison ministry since 2016. Once I received an email from a woman in federal prison that said, “The Christmas celebration with you guys was incredible. It...

Our dog Madani has recently given birth to three cuddly puppies. It seems like every move the puppies make is cuteness overload. I have watched them grow quickly from having their...

The start of the spring season was very exciting for me because my yard was growing grass in places that had been bare for years. Because the grass was new, the...

In 2011 as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approached, I accepted my church’s invitation to share my testimony. My husband and I had witnessed the attack from our apartment nearby. We...

The printer got ahead of itself and started to print multiple pages at once — then it jammed. I took it to the technician I usually worked with, and he told...

Following eight months of unemployment I reluctantly accepted a position that separated me from my family by 1,440 miles. After nine months apart from my wife and children, the feeling of...

Decades ago, I had a friend who needed financial assistance. I helped her because she needed it, and I was able to. Years later, when my own finances were in shambles,...

One summer morning I noticed a lily blooming in my garden. It was such a pleasant surprise! This species of lily generally blooms during the rainy season, not during the scorching...

After reading a devotion in The Upper Room about the gift of being an organ donor, I felt convicted to share my perspective as an organ recipient. In my late twenties,...

Sometimes it seems like everything is going wrong all at once — as if the world is collapsing around us. When life is going awry, it can be easy to fall...