by Stephan Herzog
My first mending took place after my former girlfriend got pregnant and her baby’s father left her. I was a staunch advocate of bachelorhood and no kids, and I had immigrated from Switzerland to Australia a couple of years prior. Some inexplicable force compelled me...
by Mandy Sutter
During my last year or so of high school, I remember a conversation with my friend, Kelsey, when she had come to visit during a school break. We spontaneously and excitedly shared with each other that we’d each decided that we were Christians because we wanted to be....
by Angela Hakobyan-Shevko
I am Armenian. In 301 CE, Armenia became the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity as its official state religion. According to tradition, both Thaddeus and Bartholomew, two of Jesus’ twelve disciples, brought the gospel to Armenia and were martyred there....
by Marilyn Beach
Ruby Mae remembers standing with a group of relatives in a strange living room while the adults discussed where she should sleep that night. Ruby Mae’s mother had left her toddler in Portland, Oregon, with one of her married brothers, while she headed south to look...
by Nyasha Adorant Masaga
Losing a parent at the tender age of five is truly a challenging experience, and that’s an understatement. At that young age, I only perceived the absence of my father as losing his presence. However, as the years passed, I gradually realized that the loss was...
by Germeen Fargo
About two years ago, my friend and I went through a difficult time in life, each facing our own challenges in different ways. It wasn’t a season of sunshine. It was a stormy one—heavy rain pouring and thunder crashing, making it difficult for us to see what lay ahead....
