It’s the day before the wedding and confusion reigns. The bride’s mother has given the father of the bride a long list of errands that require driving here and there, picking up tables, chairs, barbeques, and a...
When I read today’s focus verse, it reminded me of an adventure from a family vacation trip not long ago. We were driving along a deserted gravel road on the eastern slopes of the California Sierras. Discovering we had gone past...
When I moved to Portland,Oregon, many years ago, I endured a very distressing trial. I was young, saved, and had received my other Christian experiences, but during that time I learned that being a Christian does not exclude us from hard circumstances....
Recently, my husband and I drove up into the mountains with our two children to play in the snow. Our two-year-old daughter had never seen snow except in pictures. She could...
The carpet in our Sunday school department was very worn. It definitely needed replacing, but finances were scarce, so we got together with the rest of the church folks and held a yard sale at the church parking lot. We gathered all the items that we no longer used, needed, or wanted, stashed ...
The morning, just breaking, was sending soft beams of sunlight throughout the quiet hospital. Most of those in recovery were still sleeping. Then, as the daylight became more noticeable, a lovely peaceful sound softly rose from the depths of the building. It sounded like angels singing...
Most of us know what it is like to be hungry. It may not happen very often, but every now and then we get a little too busy and forget to take a lunch break, and then ravenous hunger strikes! At that moment, we consume whatever is...
Has there ever been a dripping faucet at your house? There has been at mine. Invariably, when the leak first started I thought, I need to get that ...
As I was growing up, my parents were careful to teach my sisters and me right from wrong. Even though my dad was not a Christian, he told us about Heaven and Hell and eternity. He tried to instill tender consciences in us, but I thought...
In the week before Father’s Day, the subject of our Bible teaching was: “Why should we be concerned with pleasing our earthly fathers? What should we do to please them? And how does this translate to our relationship with our Heavenly Father?” As we listed ideas, we began to ...