“Ring!” goes the alarm. It is a sound most of us do not like much because it marks the time to leave a soft, warm bed to get up and start...

When my daughters were younger, they shared a bedroom. Most days, they viewed it as some sort of horrible punishment, and one day they’d had all they could take. When I...

One morning I caught a ride before sunrise. As I rode in the back of the pickup truck, I could see hundreds of stars in the black sky, including familiar constellations....

During a retreat, I was assigned to a table that included two residents of a substance-abuse treatment center. I normally would have had no occasion to converse and pray with men...

I enjoy walking at the park early in the morning. As I listen attentively to the singing of the birds, my soul offers praise to God with thanks for a new...

When I was growing up, my mother made sure that her four children were in church every Sunday. I was baptized and confirmed. In college, I met and later married a...

One rainy morning in July 2022, my nine-year-old son and I were getting ready for a very important visa appointment. We wanted to go to the country where my wife had...

When our oldest son was 18 months old, he started biting other kids. No matter what I said or did, he kept doing it. I stayed away from playgroups to avoid...

When I was a child, my father and mother taught me the necessity of a daily connection with God. My father guided me by his example of living a godly life....

I was designing a major installation at work. As the deadline approached, I began working overtime. It started as one extra hour a day but soon went to two hours a...