My mother remarried when I was 14, and we moved to live near where my stepfather worked. It was only 50 miles away, but it felt like hundreds of miles because...

“Well done! You can choose a prize,” I told my student after he won our spelling game. I had collected a variety of treats to offer as prizes for our educational...

A sign in front of a church caught my eye one day. It said, “Don’t stumble on something behind you.” Stumble on something behind me? We usually stumble on things in...

I am from a region known for abundant pine forests that stretch for miles. But the forests did not grow overnight. The daily growth of a tree seems indiscernible, but day...

Watching TV and spending time on social media were starting to have a negative effect on me. Everywhere I looked, I seemed to find bad news — people infected by a...

Running has always been part of my life. Even now that I am a senior citizen, God still blesses me with the ability to run three to four times a week...

Sunrise walks are an important spiritual and physical exercise for me. Sometimes I wake before dawn with the sense that the Creator has something to show me. And I’m never disappointed...

One day a woman in our senior living community hurried down to my office. As the assistant manager, I listened as she told me about the sudden spray of water coming...

I have never forgotten an experience from first grade. It happened on a Monday. Just the day before I had attended junior church, a special class for children a bit too...

I love listening to our church choir as their voices lead us in praise from the chancel. For me, they are also a visible reminder of what praying as a community...