My childhood was overshadowed with prayer. Often when coming home from school, I would hear my mom in her room communing with God. Many times I drifted off to asleep listening to my dad praying in his study. At a young age I gave my heart to God,...
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Every year when canning season comes around, I get excited. If you love home-canned fruit as I do, you know the feeling of looking...
Like most people these days, I almost always carry a cell phone with me. I remember when pay phones were popular, and people would even wait in line to use them because they were the best way to make a call when you were away from home. Today things...
While working in the yard, I noticed a cocoon attached to the bottom of our fence. I thought, What an opportunity to give my kids a lesson in nature! Placing the cocoon in a glass jar with a lid, I set it aside and explained to my children that we would watch one ...
The first time I came to Portland camp meeting was in 1977. My mother called me during my trip and said, “Be sure to ...
"Bottleneck” is a term we commonly use to describe points of congestion in roadways. It might be a place where two lanes of traffic merge into one, or where traffic on a major highway must slow to city speed limits as it passes through a small...
On a missionary trip to Romania, our group experienced what winter is like there. It was difficult—a lot of snow...
My family loves to take short vacations to the beach every once in a while. One of the things we like to do there is to buy a puzzle and put it together. We have a process we always follow—first we turn all the pieces right-side-up,...