As a five-foot-tall teenager with a poor complexion, I was always on the receiving end of jokes. My so-called friends called me by nicknames that referenced my height, and my well-meaning...

The COVID-19 pandemic filled me with anxiety. The waiting and disruption of normal life made me think of the time when my friend Jane, a hairstylist, injured both hands and became...

I heard it again. I woke up to the same sound that I had heard every morning for the previous three weeks: da, da, da, da, da in rapid succession. When...

After one of my meditations appeared in Csendes Percek, the Hungarian edition of The Upper Room, I received a letter. It was from an 86-year-old woman who had read my meditation,...

Walking through the pasture on an early spring day, I noticed all the tender new sprouts pushing their way through the rich soil. At my feet were hundreds of tiny flowers...

Six months after I lost my wife of 43 years to cancer, I was still grieving. Heartbreak and depression lingered with me daily. My church family was supportive and my pastor...

Like many families, we have photos scattered throughout our home. Most of the time they become an unnoticed part of the background. But every now and then I stop to appreciate...

As a recent college graduate, I was anxious about my future. I was uncertain about how best to teach my dance students, worried about family members’ health issues, and overwhelmed by...

Less than one month into my first job as a prison chaplain, a man caught my attention as I was walking by. He looked young, and his smile seemed forced. As...

“It’s broken!” Tears streamed down my child’s face as water poured out of his snow globe, and the world inside was destroyed. This small toy, which had brought him so much...