By Daniel Darling “We are Muslims,” my neighbor told me after I knocked on his door to greet him a few days after his family moved into our neighborhood. “There are some things we hold dear to us,” he explained. “I hope you understand.” Our families have since become friends, and he and I have […]
By David Faust I listened while a friend shared his faith in Christ with a Jewish neighbor. “Would you mind if I read from the Bible?” Mario asked. His companion nodded. Without identifying the Scripture passage, Mario began to read aloud from Isaiah 53 about a man who bore our sorrows, who was pierced for […]
By Karen Ward Robertson I stole a box of crayons from the shelf at the neighborhood market. I already had new crayons, but my friend at kindergarten was using a baggie of old, broken crayons borrowed from an older sister. It seemed wrong for a little girl to not have a shiny, new yellow box […]
By Chad Rath The day started out like any typical Monday morning. I had just arrived at work after dropping off my kids at school. I sat down at my computer and began working on some reports, when a member of my company’s board of directors suddenly popped his head in my office and asked, […]
By Robin Stanley Standing up for something you believe in is never easy. It requires more than you might believe of yourself. But, as we see through the testimony of the apostles and others, a single voice willing to amplify God’s voice, no matter the cost, empowers the weak and strengthens the community. Open Your […]
