Some years ago on a late-summer morning, I set off in the early dawn for a solitary walk on the wet sands of the Oregon Coast…
With Love Column
The Strength of Our Life
Sizing up the large, worn-out van that we planned to all pile into for our journey, I made an internal calculation of the available seats and the number of people in our group. Well, this is going to be … interesting, I mused…
Happy in Jesus
“Are you happy?” my friend Gerda asked the small, crying boy standing before her who could not find his way out of a drowning fit of tears…
His Loving Spotlight
I have to get out of here, I thought. I was standing dead center in a packed auditorium, surrounded by exuberant students who had just closed the final curtain on their senior theatrical production.
Leap of Faith
In that moment, I wished to be anywhere but there, doing anything other than what I was considering doing. Flooded…
Trusting the One Who Asks
I was just entering my teen years when I laid eyes on the most adorable pile of puppy-fluff I’d ever seen…