I grew up going to church with my parents every Sunday. At first I did not understand anything at all and thought that church was only for adults. But as I...

During the 1980s I visited the Philippines on several occasions. I always looked forward to my daily run along a jungle road. It stretched from the city up the mountain through...

Several years ago, I invested in a new bike. I rode around my neighborhood, occasionally down to a nearby park on the shores of Lake Erie, sometimes to my secretarial job...

“Do you pray? Would you like me to pray for you and me?” I was lying on the gurney awaiting an operation as I heard these words from my surgeon. After...

Augusta, Australia, is a great place for the windsurfing enthusiast. Its windy, exposed area is ideal for this sporting activity that appeals to those who are physically fit and who have...

As young girls, my friends and I would often pick wild-
flowers from the yard and begin to pluck the petals off, one by one. With each petal, we would quote alternately,...

In the weekly prayer meeting at our church, one man in the group often closes his prayer with the words, “Please tell us what to do, and we will do it.”...

I must admit that Carl wasn’t my first choice. At the time, he wasn’t even on my radar. I had requested a brown, female bulldog. Unfortunately, the brown beauty died only...

Already a cardiac patient for 17 years, I began experiencing pain that was much more severe than ever before. Ultimately I had to be taken to a specialized-care hospital in our...

I live in an area where storms, called nor’easters, ride up the coast and hit us hard. When such a storm is predicted, people stock up on essentials like bread, water,...