- "A Breath of Fresh Air"
- It was a particularly hot, sticky summer day, and Jeffrey and I had already been traveling for a few hours when we plopped down in a stuffy bus station waiting room in northern Italy. Jeffrey was hardly speaking to me. "Did I really have to come?" he muttered. How did I get this idea, anyway?
- Eternal Friendships
- The vision lasted only a few seconds, but it left a big impression. I had been talking with a friend, when suddenly I saw a glimpse into the future. We were hugging, laughing, and talking about our lives--and we were in Heaven. This has happened to me several times.
- God's Plan
- My mum passed away late last year, after suffering from a debilitating neurological disorder called Huntington's disease. We traveled a nine-year journey with her as we watched her body and mind slowly deteriorate. With that came every kind of emotion and question. "Why her?
- The Scuba Lesson
- "Look at me," Mike signaled with his hands. I shook my head in panic and kicked harder in a desperate attempt to surface. Mike's heavy grip kept me under as he signaled again, "Look at me!" We were on the seabed, exploring the coral reef in the South China Sea.
- Walk a Mile in His Shoes
- Jesus Walked Among Us By David Brandt Berg Though Jesus was rich, for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich. Jesus not only had to come down and live amongst us, but He had to be one of us. He had to become a member of the human community.
- Onion Soup
- Mom's French Onion Soup (6 servings) 6 medium onions, peeled and sliced into slivers Brown onions in 3 tablespoons of butter over medium heat until transparent. Add onions to 6 cups of broth and let simmer for 30 minutes.
- Little Green Steps Of Progress
- One day Joe broke his arm. Joe was a traceur.* He loved the exhilaration he got from looking at the world as one big obstacle course--climbing and falling, escaping, and reaching. Joe pushed himself on his runs, sometimes over cars or walls, sometimes across rooftops. Sometimes too far.
- You Are Never Alone
- "Haven't you heard?" a friend asked. "Didn't you see the news yesterday? The whole world is heartbroken for a little girl who lost her family in one fell swoop." Make Us Brave for Life God, make us brave for life; oh, braver than this.
- The Golden Cobra
- Andrea ran as fast as her five-year-old legs could take her, up and up the steep craggy hill that led to her grandparents' house at the top. As she climbed, her sunhatted mother and younger sister shrunk to little more than dots on the road that looped around and up the back of the hill.
- 1 Corinthians 13 for Today
- Though I can speak five languages and talk intelligently on dozens of subjects, if I don't have enough love to keep from gossiping or putting down others, I'm not just making so much useless noise, I'm being downright destructive.