Based on a true storyIt was fifty years ago, on a hot summer day, in the deep south. We lived on a dirt road, on a sand lot. We were, what was known as "dirt poor".I had been playing outside all morning in the sand. Suddenly, I heard a sharp clanking sound behind me...
Imagine riding in an ordinary-sized taxicab with twelve other people. It doesn't sound much a like a cozy or comfortable ride, does it? In fact, you would probably be able to imagine what a sardine would feel like when packed with its colleagues in a tiny sardine box....
"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2Imagine this...Imagine that there is a person standing in front of you struggling with several large packages. You may know them, or you might not. It could be a friend or a stranger....
How do people bring about needed change? My answer is often a cynical stepping back in frustration, I must confess. I'm only one person. I don't have any real power in this culture. Surely there are others who feel the same way.But not Ella Gunderson. She was aware of...
If the American dream means starting with nothing and accumulating great wealth and assets, then Millard Fuller's story qualifies. But when Millard's dream turned into a nightmare, he decided it was time to redefine his vision.By the age of thirty, he had earned a...
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7I thought I could handle it by myself.My wife and I were carrying some things inside to our hotel room, from our truck, which was parked across the parking lot. She was inside and I grabbed up a few...
She looked at the rubble pile, this piece of real estate, already in disrepair then devastated by an earthquake, and she knew somehow they would raise the money needed for the purchase, some $130,000. This was to be the new location for an organization that helped...