While brushing my teeth one morning, instead of pondering what I needed to accomplish that day I began mentally reciting a scripture I had memorized. God used that moment to show...

My wife showed me an obituary that a friend had sent to her. It was shockingly brief; it simply gave the man’s name, where he lived, and then: “He died.” Two...

For years, I struggled to reconcile my ambitions and notions of success with God’s timing and plan for my life. As a musician and songwriter, comparing myself to others in my...

When I was hiking in the woods one early spring day, the sky was overcast. The scenery was full of bleak, leafless trees. As I climbed a hill, a gust of...

Jesus comforted his disciples after their last supper together, telling them how he must leave for a while and assuring them they would not be alone. After my husband’s suicide, I...

Unfortunately, the week before Easter I had a disagreement with a parishioner, whom I’ll call Steve. When he showed up to worship the next week, I found myself standing in the...

I became a Christian in my senior year of high school, and my Christian youth leader encouraged me to share my faith with the student body. I was scared, but I...

“I’m overwhelmed,” I confessed to my boss. I had fallen behind on a number of projects at home and at work. Each day seemed to bring a new high-priority issue to...

When my husband and I celebrated our fortieth wedding anniversary, we retraced some of our memories with a trip to New York City, where we were married. We stayed at the...

Sometimes I don’t feel like going to worship services. My most frequent excuse is that I did not prepare the right clothes. But then a friend asked me, “Would you use...