By Beth Jarvis “Let’s take a selfie!” “How about the steps? What about in front of the car? Or the wall? OK, maybe the steps. No, you can’t see a thing. What about here?” Melissa suggested each option in rapid speed. We hadn’t seen each other in years. Now it was such a gift to […]
By Matt Wilmeth I will never forget stepping into the room to meet my daughter for the first time. While my wife recovered, I became the first person my little girl met after the doctors and nurses who welcomed her into the florescent lit hospital room. As I picked her up, she held onto me […]
By Dr. Mark Scott Damon Runyan said, “The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.” That is, unless you are God. When God is in the equation, swiftness and strength are not necessary. He can make up what anyone lacks. Gideon’s self-confession was […]
By Joyce Long It’s one of my treasured possessions, but I rarely wear it. A gift from my daughter, it’s a one-half inch flattened circle secured by a four-prong rim, now hanging on a nine-inch silver chain. Corrosion has darkened and mashed its engraving. The necklace’s “stone” is actually the smallest, least valuable coin minted […]
By Brian Jennings Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me” (Mark 10:14). His words both invited children and rebuked the disciples shooing away the kids. Jesus loved children, and they loved him back. Jesus loved them, but not just because they were vulnerable, overlooked, or cute. Jesus saw in them what he hoped […]
