By Riane Konc I’m a cat person. I didn’t become a cat person until I was 22, but when it hit, it hit hard. My family had animals when I was growing up: a dog, a couple of bunnies, and a series of cats whose unexpected euthanizations always happened to be scheduled while I was […]
By Diana C. Derringer “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it” (Psalm 24:1). From Sequoia on the west coast to Acadia on the east, with such jewels as Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Mammoth Cave, and the Great Smoky Mountains between, our family’s favorite vacations revolve […]
By Terry Magee I have been to many beautiful places on earth, including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. Those were once-in-a-lifetime trips. God has also provided wonderful places to which I can return over and over. I have two local spots, a state park, and a stretch of the Appalachian Trail I hike regularly. […]
By Claire Kinney I’m a middle school science teacher, so I ask questions for a living. Questions are an important part of my life—I rarely take things at face value, and my faith is no different. So I write this article with a question in mind, one that eats at me and makes me second-guess […]
By Karen Ward Robertson “Wook!” Johnathan shouts. “Wain!” “It’s not raining,” I say with a laugh. “Flower petals are blowing from the tree.” Pudgy hands raise toward the sky as he blinks, awestruck, at hundreds of tiny, white petals raining down. Thousands more are piled at his feet. Johnathan begins to laugh as we twirl […]
