By Simon Presland A twig of a lady, Tracey* smiles generously whenever she greets someone in the halls of our church. After she started attending, my wife, Trish, and I soon noticed her helping to prepare communion. Then we found her on Monday evenings, ready to give food and snacks to the hungry students who […]
By Brian Jennings If I peek my head around the corner at my coworker Dave, I’d better not make a sarcastic comment. I’d be within range of his water gun, which sits loaded and ready in his desk drawer. Beware of Dave Dunson’s water gun. He doesn’t miss. God created Dave to care for people […]
By Diana C. Derringer When Mom requires surgery, we camp out at the hospital and provide a few days of follow-up care. If our daughter presents her university graduate recital on Saturday, we take a long weekend to attend. Following my uncle’s death, we booked a flight and went. Wanting to surprise our son with […]
By Daisy Townsend When we returned from our vacation the summer of 2013, we got to know a handsome little boy who was new to our neighborhood. Jeffrey* lived in a house on the opposite corner across the street and seemed to roam around the neighborhood without much supervision for a 6-year-old. A few weeks […]
By Karen O’Connor Twin Lakes Church (TLC) in Aptos, California, is known for reaching out to the residents of Santa Cruz County, a community that “has one of the lowest percentages of churchgoers in the nation,” said Laurie Schlaepfer, wife of TLC senior minister René Schlaepfer. “Most community leaders are not churchgoers,” she added, “and […]
