Many of my childhood memories are blocked, but there are a few that I hold dear to my heart. While most are shaded with sadness, they also hold precious moments with my siblings.My father was abusive and immature and my mother was mentally ill, so I learned at an...
"I'm on a mission!" He told me."What is this mission?" I asked."To find what my purpose is in life," he replied."Have you been on this mission long?""I'm 56. I've been in search of it all of my life," he said."How sad!" I told him.He was shocked to hear that from me....
"OK men, listen up! I want each of you to sit down this evening and write a letter home. I know that each of you will be telling your family how much you love the United States Army. Is that fully understood?" Said Sergeant O'Rouke, the leader of our squad."YES SIR!"...
Mayor Anthony Williams of Washington D.C. has a remarkable story. Williams was born to an unwed teen who gave him up. He was known as a "problem child" in foster care. By age three, Anthony had still never spoken a word. It seemed that a pattern for his life was set,...
Even when we don't think they are, they are. Even when we don't see them, their eyes are upon us. Even when we don't pay any attention, they do. Somebody's always watching. I got an ugly reminder of that earlier today.We pulled into the Hampton Inn to grab a room for...
(This story is taken from a fantastic biography about Brother Andrew, called The Narrow Road)It took me four hours to get across the Rumanian border. When I pulled up to the checkpoint on the other side of the Danube, I said to myself, "Well, I'm in luck. Only half a...
A preacher had been told by the head of a great shoe factory, that if he found any poor people who needed shoes, he could come to him and get them. In making his rounds one day soon afterward, the minister invited a man to attend his church.“I would like to go,” said...