As someone who has been happily retired for the past 10 years, I am occasionally asked for advice by friends who are approaching retirement. If I had to boil it down...

I served as a pastor in the village of Donetsk, Ukraine. Our street was at the edge of the village, and we could see the front line of the war from...

In Tennessee, it rains a lot in the early months of spring. In 2023, it was excessive! Every greeting seemed to include some comment about the rain. As I sat one...

My mother died when I was very young. Her death was so sudden that my family and I could not understand what had happened or why. My father was a clergyman...

I sat alone at the kitchen table with an empty box of tissues. I’d been a Christian for years, but in that moment my heart doubted what my head knew. If...

As I drove toward the entrance to the industrial park where I work, there was heavy traffic on both sides of the street. I saw a woman in another car who...

I was about to undergo a biopsy of the lump in my breast. After the nurse prepared me for the procedure, she left to get the doctor. Alone in the room,...

Moses is one of the most important figures in history. However, he spent most of his life in anonymity. After living the early part of his life among the Egyptian aristocracy,...

John Newton was born in London, England, in 1725 to a Protestant mother and a father who was a ship captain. His mother died when he was almost seven years old,...

When our grandson was in high school, he got into some trouble and was sent to a group home for teens. We earnestly desired to help him in any way we...