As a child, I always looked forward to Christmas because we usually traveled back home to visit our extended family. We gave and received lots of gifts and ate nice meals...

On a cool summer morning I eagerly strolled into a blueberry patch with my empty bucket. Rows of blueberry bushes lined the country landscape as birds sang sweetly in the distance....

Neither my wife nor I sleep well these days. While she usually remains in bed on restless nights, I go to the other room and sit on the couch with a...

With joy I watch for the local newspaper announcement: “She’s here!” Every year I look forward to news about Grandma Mount Yamamoto, the female Steller’s sea eagle that roosts on Mount...

Sometimes we have difficulty understanding the great love our Savior has for each one of us. Jesus will likely not ask us to die for our friends, yet he does ask...

During my younger years in India, I attended a Christian retreat in the Himalayan Mountains. After the retreat was over, my friend and I decided to climb Naina Peak in Nainital,...

For several years I suffered with severe back pain, and I used a metal belt for support. I prayed that God would heal me, but I could not stop using the...

This past Christmas at church we decided to do something different. During the first week of Advent the sanctuary was set up as normal: wreaths and candles in the windows, a...

For some reason I decided to visit one of my favorite gardens in the middle of January. The trees had no leaves, the daylilies were trimmed to the ground, and the...

When I attended the memorial service of a person very dear to me, a reference was made to Romans 8:28. It troubled me to say that “all things work together for...