When I studied abroad at the Human Rights Institute in Strasbourg, France, I befriended students from Algeria and Tunisia. Since the program focused on religious rights, we discussed religious freedom in...

The summer before my sophomore year of college, I was working at a camp 900 miles from home. Being away from my home church and the Christian community at my college...

At the institute where I teach, I gave a special assignment to the first-year students. I asked them to write a prose-poem on the topic, “If I were given two wings.”...

Over a period of time, I watched a pair of robins build a nest, hatch their eggs, and feed their young. What a busy pair! Once the babies arrived, the parents...

My friend went white-water rafting with a small group, and after going over a class IV rapid, she was tossed out of the raft and into a turbulent part of the...

My grandma died when I was a senior in high school. Before Grandma died, she was unable to walk and often called my name to ask for help. At the time,...

While serving in Iraq in 2007, I awoke early one morning with an overwhelming feeling of dread. I prayed desperately that God would protect me and shield my family from the...

For my birthday my sister had given me a very expensive gift. It was not unusual for her to show such generosity. Ever since she became a believer and servant of...

My five-year-old daughter was eager to help me bake a fruitcake, fetching the flour and the sultanas from the pantry as I read out the ingredients in turn. “Eggs,” 
I said,...

I used to be afraid that I couldn’t do what God expected of me. I had read about the work of the saints since the time of Jesus and knew that...