My cellmate for the past eight months has been a 55-year-old man named Russ who suffers from moderate dementia. Having completed his sentence, Russ was released from prison last week with...

Watching the flashing light fill my bedroom, I listened to the thunder and rain outside my window. Despite the darkness of the storm, dawn was breaking. I could hear birds singing,...

As a child, I always looked forward to Christmas because we usually traveled back home to visit our extended family. We gave and received lots of gifts and ate nice meals...

On a cool summer morning I eagerly strolled into a blueberry patch with my empty bucket. Rows of blueberry bushes lined the country landscape as birds sang sweetly in the distance....

Neither my wife nor I sleep well these days. While she usually remains in bed on restless nights, I go to the other room and sit on the couch with a...

With joy I watch for the local newspaper announcement: “She’s here!” Every year I look forward to news about Grandma Mount Yamamoto, the female Steller’s sea eagle that roosts on Mount...

Sometimes we have difficulty understanding the great love our Savior has for each one of us. Jesus will likely not ask us to die for our friends, yet he does ask...

During my younger years in India, I attended a Christian retreat in the Himalayan Mountains. After the retreat was over, my friend and I decided to climb Naina Peak in Nainital,...

For several years I suffered with severe back pain, and I used a metal belt for support. I prayed that God would heal me, but I could not stop using the...

This past Christmas at church we decided to do something different. During the first week of Advent the sanctuary was set up as normal: wreaths and candles in the windows, a...