By Cleo Lampos I lived in the rural areas of Iowa and Wisconsin, where I attended one-room school houses. The sparse collection of books on the tiny wooden shelf included a series with orange covers called Childhoods of Famous People. I read every volume from cover to cover. I faced the dangers of the underground […]
By Charley Dilcher Everyone loves a good story. Simply said, but listen again: everyone loves a good story. Amazingly enough, this is universally true! Movies make more than 10 billion dollars annually, novels are read over and over again, historians such as Homer, Gaius Acilius, and Josephus recounted ancient stories and have become common textbook […]
By Bev and Phil Haas I remember my dad telling us stories about God and how to live a good life. I want to do the same with my kids, but I’m not a good storyteller. It’s encouraging to hear about an involved dad who understands that stories are a powerful way to connect with […]
By Kelly Carr “Hey, Kaelyn, look out the window at that cool bird flying over there. . . . Kaelyn, did you hear me? Kaelyn!” I turned around from the front seat of the car to figure out why my 9-year-old was ignoring me on our drive back from our family road trip. There she […]
By Melissa Wuske Charity from a Different Faith Reports of damaged and destroyed churches are deeply disturbing to Christians, and many believers move to action in response. But a perhaps less familiar story is how Muslims are also troubled and respond with charity when Christian churches face harm. Several such incidents happened this year during […]
