by Victor M. Parachin On January 24, 1893, the day following Phillips Brooks death, a mother broke the news to her little girl saying, “Bishop Brooks has gone to Heaven.” With wisdom beyond her years the girl replied, “O, Mother, how happy the angels will be!” The man who wrote one of the world’s best-known […]
by Rick Ezell A young mother was standing in her kitchen with a stack of dirty dishes in the sink, two children at her feet, and a pile of dirty diapers in the corner. Tears were streaming down her face. She took off her apron and walked out. When she called that night her young […]
Home Life by Bev and Phil Haas I want Christmas to be special. Childhood Christmas memories are not pleasant for my husband and me, and it would be easy for us to ignore the holiday. But we’d like to turn this around for our children. We don’t have a treasure chest to pull ideas from […]
by Rebecca Cheng My husband and I were enjoying a coffee date when he spotted a young Asian woman walking and carrying drinks, stopping every few feet to reposition her beverages. He nodded toward her, asking me to see if we might help her. Perhaps her desperation and my Asian heritage moved her to accept […]
by Karen Aldridge As I drove along the highway leading into the Appalachian Mountains of southeastern Kentucky, the rain began to dissipate. It had poured since I started my journey and an ice storm was expected. I thanked God for keeping me a few miles ahead of it. I was on my way to deliver […]
