While waiting with my sick children to see a pediatrician, I noticed a face that looked familiar. As she came closer with her two kids in tow, I was pleasantly surprised...

When my daughter was two years old, I needed to take her to daycare so that I could work. She had terrible separation anxiety; she clung tightly to me and cried...

I spent my youth feeling angry and bitter. When I was 30, my marriage was falling apart. In the midst of that pain, I discovered the Bible. I came to believe...

When I was in divinity school, I took classes about God, church history, the Bible, Hebrew, and Greek. Seminarians take these classes for three or four years to gain knowledge that...

I was carrying a 40-pound sack of corn along the path to our house. Because I was wearing flip-flops instead of the usual rubber work boots, I slipped on loose stones...

For months, we on the board of campus ministry were focused on our fundraising auction. As chair of the board, I met frequently with a young woman who had offered to...

When my mom entered a nursing home, I got the chance to observe the many people who care for those who reside there. I remember the first time that I saw...

After three years of severe medical challenges, my eyes seemed to have reached a point of stability. Thinking it was time to get a new prescription for glasses, I booked an...

I grew up very poor, the son of sharecroppers. One day, I heard about an upcoming birthday party for one of the neighborhood children that we played with. All week I...

One Sunday when I was young, we were challenged to memorize a Bible verse. I searched through my Bible looking for the shortest verse I could find. Bingo! I found John...