After 25 years of teaching high school English, I was retiring. In the past three years I had experienced verbal and emotional abuse, and though I wanted to continue teaching, my...

As I approached the halfway house to lead a Bible study, I felt discouraged and was struggling with self-doubt. Recently, a church member had harshly criticized a sermon I preached, and...

Sometimes I look at the day ahead of me and ask myself, Where will I get the energy that I need? As I ponder my situation, I think of King David....

Benji, our sweet, new foster cat had been confined to a small bedroom for eight months while he healed from injuries and countless medical conditions. He didn’t quite comprehend the freedom...

Though my colleague was a competent teacher, she seemed to have problems with everyone on campus — office staff, teachers, and students. She ended up feeling lonely since most people in...

My husband and I traveled to one of the Great Lakes to serve as lighthouse keepers at a 150-year-old lighthouse. As we drove onto the peninsula where the lighthouse is located,...

The story of the Lord’s Supper is told in all four Gospels. However, Luke’s Gospel includes a passage that is not mentioned in the other three. Luke writes that the disciples...

This year I have a community garden plot where I can grow vegetables. A few months after planting the seedlings and seeds, I am still enjoying the garden. But I had...

I have moles, warts, red spots, dark spots, cysts, skin tags, and more, and I sometimes feel deep shame that I have these unwanted marks. Over the years I have seen...

I was riding my electric bicycle along a rural road and stopped on a bridge to admire the scenic views. There was a small river below and mountains all around. In...