It happened in Soviet Ukraine in 1978. I worked in the glass factory and lived in the workers’ dormitory. One day I was injured at work and was recovering in my...

Sitting in jail, I have learned to occupy my time with things I normally would not do, such as creative writing and drawing. With my newfound Christian walk, I decided to...

“I have my own church!” I shouted when I called to tell my parents that I had received an opportunity to play piano for a church full time. It was something...

Martha and Mary were dealing with a painful experience: their brother was ill, and they needed help. When they sent for Jesus, they must have hoped that he would come to...

On a recent stay at my sister-in-law’s house in Nebraska, I noticed a baby robin that had fallen into a basement window well. The well was too deep for the bird...

One New Year’s Eve when I was a young adult, I went to bed sobbing as I reflected on all that had gone wrong over the past year. I desperately prayed...

None of us is perfect. I have tried to be a better person and to establish a better relationship with God by making a personal commitment to spending time alone, studying...

Several months each year, our community becomes home to a pair of bald eagles who return to a sturdy group of tall pine trees located directly across from our church. They...

In today’s reading, Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all our heart, all our soul, and all our mind. Throughout my Christian walk, I learned...

It had rained throughout the night, and the morning felt gloomy and miserable to me. Dirt roads, black with mud, sloshed as I walked to work. My spirit was low. Then...