Our pastor recently challenged us to discover the depths of generosity and the blessings of giving. For each of 15 days, we were given a new task designed to help us...

Several years ago after returning from my evening walk I composed these words for my journal: “I saw a tree today, straight and tall, rooted in the clay. Its branches spread...

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...