I anticipated a hectic day at work, juggling meetings and projects with deadlines. Even lunchtime was set aside for a working meeting. I decided to jot down a plan listing what...

Every year I had searched beneath prickly briars of my raspberry bushes for ripe berries with no success, and then I read an article about how to increase my yield. The...

During my career, I invested in a retirement savings plan. I set aside some of our finances for long-term growth so that my wife and I would have enough money to...

While I was driving out of a mall parking lot, a frantic young woman rapped on my car window. She pleaded, “Could you help me? I recently moved here and came...

I never really understood this verse until a few years ago when I was faced with the death of my oldest child. I went through myriad emotions and wondered if they...

For a few years, I have been attending a weekly home Bible study that expands my understanding of scripture and where we share a delicious meal. Many of us didn’t know...

On one of those days when there was too much to do and too little time to do it, I rushed to the fast-food counter and was greeted by an angry,...

My husband, Kamlesh, had a dream of completing his college degree while working full-time. During his third year of school, his examinations were moved up by two months. My husband was...

Recently I listened to a radio sermon about how we show gratitude by wanting what we have, not by getting what we want. As an inmate on death row, I am...

I was 31 years old and at a major crossroads in my life. For the previous four years I had been teaching on an island in the South Pacific, and my...