Early in 2003 Fred Evans fell and broke his hip. Not unusual for a man of 88. However, it was the events over the next few weeks that showed the world what this man was made of.The next day he had an operation which turned out to be a total hip replacement.Within a...
Last Sunday I saw a miracle in church. Not a mountain-moving, Red-Sea-parting, giant-Philistine-smiting kind of a miracle. Nothing that dramatic or intense. It was just the common, ordinary, everyday miracle of change.And it was remarkable.Of course, I didn't actually...
A brother who had been terribly tortured by the Communist police shared the same prison cell with me and told the following incident:I once saw an impressive scene in a circus. A sharpshooter set out to demonstrate his skill. In the arena was his wife, with a burning...
A couple of days ago I happened upon a terrible traffic accident on a four-lane highway near my home. Other motorists attended to the injured people lying a few feet from their cars. The accident was in the median of the highway, and traffic was whizzing by on both...
In 1988, I was working as an administrative advisor in California for a county welfare rights organization and represented people whose welfare benefits were threatened.My client, an older gentleman, had been fired by the Salvation Army for having a beer with his...
It was midday when I got the call that my grandfather was not well and his condition was rapidly getting worse. My family did not know how long he had left. People had been visiting him throughout the day and basically saying goodbye.I knew I had to get to the...
As I stood in the driveway watching my daughter Lori with her long red hair flying behind her -- and Maggie, part quarter horse, part Appaloosa, with ears that looked all mule, I smiled.They were running down the dirt country road near our home as they did everyday...