Hurricane Harvey, a Category Four storm, touched down on the Texas middle coast in August 2017. After four days of intense rains, some areas were deluged by more than 40 inches...

While I was in India staying with a woman named Nalini, a man named Kumar called round to help us organize a music workshop. Nalini invited him to stay for lunch....

My sister-in-law and I had great plans for our girls’ getaway, and we had traveled hundreds of miles to our destination. We were going to take lots of early morning walks,...

I was 89 years old when illness and depression forced me to enter a long-term care facility. There I faced the combined challenges of physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental exhaustion. Being...

When our grandsons were ages 4 and 6, my husband underwent chemotherapy. We wondered how the outward changes in him would affect them. After a momentary look of concern, four-year-old Seth...

I hate waiting. For me waiting is wasting time. I want the plane to take off once I am seated. I expect the server to bring the food soon after I...

As the older of two brothers, I have always felt that the elder brother in the story of the prodigal son has been treated unfairly. To me, his objections are justified....

Everything went wrong that week. Three managers usually ran the assisted-living floor, but one was on maternity leave and another needed emergency heart surgery. Still, I managed all the resident and...

When I finished the sermon, I prepared to celebrate Holy Communion. Seeing Lina near the chancel, I asked her to assist me in serving the elements. After the worship service, Lina’s...

Last fall, my autistic son was struggling in school with an impatient, inexperienced teacher. After daily unpleasant encounters, he became anxious and began to lose his love for learning. As his...