Minnesota winters are often fierce. When I was growing up, our little two-room cabin was heated with a wood-burning cook stove. Later, a tin stove, called an “airtight,” was set up in the middle of the living area, and when winter was at its...
Two of my sisters and I moved from Portland, Oregon, to Los Angeles, California, in 1957. We were in our twenties, and although we were able to get jobs when we arrived there, we still did not have...
During my senior year of high school, I traveled the freeway to school each day and became quite familiar with it. Frequently, I arrived at school just barely in time, as was the case for church services and other activities as...
The year was 1952. The text was 1 Corinthians 12:31. The minister of the evening was George M. Hughes, who was preaching his last sermon in Portland, Oregon, before he left on a missionary trip to West Africa.
That night, Reverend Hughes...
While visiting with my wife’s grandmother, she related to us an account of how faith in God brings wonderful results. When she was a young girl, her folks decided to attend the Apostolic Faith Church camp meeting in Portland, Oregon. Their desire was to grow closer to the Lord. Though...
It was an absolutely adorable sight! The dad, mom, and six baby quail went trouping across our backyard. They walked in a row as a family, all together. When there was danger, the babies would run fast and Dad would take his post of being on the lookout.
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"If you go to church, there are so many things you cannot do,” a young man said to me shortly after I had been saved. At one point in time, I had believed the same thing. Since I have been saved,...
When Papa rode into the yard on Old Jim, a dapple-gray horse, we thought he had finally lost his mind. My father loved horses, and he had saved this one from the glue...
Have you ever experienced something that just blew you out of the water, something that was beyond your wildest dream, your wildest imagination? One evening, when I was about fifteen, my...
While babysitting two of my granddaughters, I put them down for the night in their bunk beds and laid down beside the youngest in the bottom...