by David A. Pendleton
Epiphany. Today, we use the term to generally mean an experience of a sudden and striking realization. In common parlance, the word epiphany is used to describe a scientific breakthrough or a religious or philosophical discovery. Historically, it was not so much an...
by Barbara Howe Djordjevic
Verse six of the 23rd Psalm starts like this, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Surely – I am certain, I have not doubts, it will happen; I know this to be true. How did David know with such certainty that goodness and mercy...
by Ben Amoah
“They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he...
by April Summitt
When I was very young, I think I happily believed in a God who loved me, sent angels to watch over me, and the Holy Spirit to guide me. But childhood brought experiences that caused some doubt to creep into my mind. Then more hard things happened. People can be cruel,...
by Fred Davis
When I was young, my father was a “funeral director” which is a fancy way of saying an undertaker or a mortician. Hence, I grew up with the notion of death around me all the time. If other kids told me that their dad was a doctor and then asked what my father did, I’d...
by Jenn Quach
Infertility. Not something easily talked about, but maybe it should be easier. I wanted so badly to be a mother. I wanted to be pregnant, to grow life inside me. I wanted to be able to hold my baby, to rock it to sleep, to feed it, to love it. It didn’t matter if we...
