By Nancy Hoag My husband is both a gentleman and a gentle man who puts the needs of others before his own. But his calming kindness with me and with our children—as well as with our friends and neighbors—does not mean Scotty suffers from a weakness. Nor does it suggest he’s at a disadvantage when […]
By Javan Rowe We have all heard that cliché about making faith our own. The truth is that our faith is never really our own because of the interactions we undoubtedly experience. Upon retrospection, I find that my faith did not arise within me because of some inherent greatness. God is, of course, the author […]
By T. R. Robertson When I was 6 years old, my parents accidentally left me behind at the church one Sunday evening. I’d been running amok in the basement with the other kids and wasn’t paying attention to what my family was doing. When I finally wore out and came to the front of the […]
By Dawn Gentry My husband, Harold, and I have been married 30 years. Some days are as boring as vanilla ice cream on white cake—sweet, but not memorable. Some days are breathtaking, like the shared first glimpse of our grandbaby. Most days are comfortable with a quiet joy, like the slippers and sweats we slide […]
By Laura Hicks Hardy The bedside table holds three books: a children’s book of nursery rhymes, a picture book of the Old Testament, and its companion for the New Testament. When my mom visits Granny, she reads to her from one of these, and Granny chimes in when she remembers a phrase or a name. […]
