I spent most of my life being painfully shy and terrified of taking risks. So several years ago, when God called me to be a Bible teacher, I resisted and refused...

My home is Ukraine, but now I live in Estonia. My friends and I still remember the horror we experienced during the first weeks of the war. We hid in the...

One day in the park I noticed a leaf dancing freely in the air. The leaf would rise to about seven feet, flit about, and glide down within inches of the...

I like to listen to and learn from children and young people. Many times a young person has challenged me and deepened my faith. A few days ago, I went to...

Five years ago, my husband of 26 years unexpectedly passed away. He was also the father of our three daughters and the primary wage-earner. Now when I think back on those...

I was riding a bus along a twisting highway between cities. The bus bounced and swayed more than usual, and I didn’t feel well. As I tried to pray and hoped...

It had been a long time since I operated my model trains. One by one I started the three trains, but at a certain stretch of track, each one came to...

When it comes to work and finances, I have always worried about not having enough. In my early twenties I developed chronic fatigue syndrome, and since then I have never managed...

As part of my fitness program, I try to walk at least two miles each day around my neighborhood. When I first started, I would listen to music through my earphones....

I received a note from the campus library stating that I had failed to return a book — one I had already returned. Indignant, I immediately phoned the library’s office. I...