One warm summer day, my mother took my brother and me by the hand and led us into the “clean room.” In Hungary, until the last century, the clean room was...

A few years ago I retired from ministry after about 40 years, and then four months later my husband died after a long illness. He had also been in ministry over...

English ivy climbed the exterior walls of our house and spilled out over a small garden beside our garage. The ivy added character to our home and ground cover to our...

The loneliest Christmas I ever spent was when my spouse had to work outside the city, leaving me alone with our baby who was sick at the time. So when my...

When I was in high school, I tried to spend time with people from different friend groups and backgrounds. I spent time with my friends from my church youth group. But...

When I think of God’s blessings, I think of family, friends, sunshine, or even my morning cup of coffee. Until recently, I never considered tears a blessing. For the past three...

When I was in primary school, I remember several children talking about having to give up candy for Lent — and not being at all happy about it. But we don’t...

When I was eight years old, I fell on a broken bottle; the glass cut my knee to the bone. The doctors stitched up my wound and wrapped my leg from...

Making decisions can be tough — especially life-altering ones. When I chose my college, I made the safest decision possible. Friends, finances, and proximity to family were my considerations, all of...

The other night my young daughter was talking on the phone with her cousin. As she got ready to get off the phone, she said to him, “I’m about to get...