I love my “baby blue.” She is just 11 years young with so many miles yet to live. We have taken road trips together, just she and I, and as I look down my retirement road -- I have always envisioned her carrying me into the...
In looking back over my life, I can see that my Heavenly Father allowed me to experience some anxious times as a young adult that taught important lessons. I was raised on a West Texas cotton farm, but wanted a different kind of life and...
While growing up in the Midwest, I was exposed to the teachings of many different denominations. The most consistent was a major denomination that stresses works to attain salvation, but my grandmother also took me to Sunday School at...
Upon learning through Facebook about a mysterious, almost fatal accident that happened to a friend of ours, my husband and I started praying immediately. I also began to submit prayer requests for his healing every Sunday. We met...
When my sister got married nine years ago, I was so happy to welcome my new brother-in-law into the family. And, of course, with their union came the anticipation of little ones who would be part of the next generation in our family. Since...
My story began 50+ years ago when I was born into a family constantly undergoing trauma. My parents did the best they could, but the only example they showed was their continuing, worldly reaction to trauma. I became a Christian after...
Indah* was born into a Muslim family. She grew up learning that Jesus was only a prophet and that Christians worship three Gods (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). Like so many who live in unreached people groups across the world, Indah never had the...
So how do you spend your Saturday nights? Multiple times a month you would find me, along with a group of other volunteers, conducting an outreach to women and men walking the streets. These men and women are commonly known as...
While my grandson, CG, was in preschool, my daughter moved in with us because her husband had been physically and verbally abusing her. They lived in another state, and she never shared any of this with us! CG seemed to do well in preschool...
A year ago, I signed up for a women’s Bible study at my church on “building community.” One of the first things that the study emphasized was that God did not create us to do life alone. As we began to apply this to our...
