In today’s reading, David, a young shepherd, faced the challenge of fighting Goliath. No one believed that David could defeat Goliath. But David told King Saul that God had helped him...

In June 2016 Michael, my beloved husband of 37 years, passed away. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, given maybe six months at most, and sent home with hospice care on...

The tiny church in which I grew up didn’t have a regular minister, so one had to come from another town. The travel was often precarious, and sometimes our visiting pastor...

Though I’m only 16 years old, I haven’t missed the reality that today’s world is full of terror and violence. No matter what goes on in my life, it seems as...

I’d been sewing for five decades when I made a rookie mistake that took me to a sewing center to repair my machine. There I met a fabulous new community of...

When I was younger, I felt called to follow God instead of my friends. Trying to get me to hang out with them instead of attending Bible study, my friends would...

When we had our first baby, I became a stay-at-home mom. It was the job I had always longed for. So why was I constantly plagued by feelings of low self-esteem...

On my 60th birthday, I sent my sister an email that said, “I’m healthy, happy, married to a great guy, and I own a 
business caring for animals. Praise God, my...

As I left a restaurant one night, I saw a man silhouetted in the dim glow of a street light. He had scruffy hair, wore ill-
fitting clothing, and was carrying some...

Long ago, before email and video conferencing, I worked at the local telegraph office in my hometown. For several years I delivered telegrams on Christmas Eve to families whose husbands and...