"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." (Gen 2:24 NIV)In general, people yearn for love. When an attractive person of the opposite sex begins to show interest in you, it's only natural for you...
Christmas Eve, 1941: Sergeant Sidney Stewart was preparing American troops to leave Manila to fight the Japanese in Bataan. Working late in his office, he looked up to find a white-robed Catholic priest at his door. Stewart, a Protestant boy from Oklahoma, did not...
The birthday of my soon was close and I had spent days wondering what I would buy for him as a birthday gift.I decided to check out a departmental store and browsed through the toy section. I could not really make up my mind on what to buy. Just as I was about to give...
James and Kati Kim left San Francisco to travel to Seattle for Thanksgiving. With the holiday over, they started home. There was to be a night at an expensive lodge on November 25. But they missed their turnoff from Interstate 5 and, after checking a roadmap, decided...
Through no fault of her own, she found herself a slave to the undesirable passions of the ones she called "family". Bruised and broken by the hardships of her life, lost in the clutches of someone else's sin, she had nowhere to turn. She desperately needed a positive...
Two years ago on Easter I spent the day as I always do, preaching the Gospel in prison. Afterward I visited those in solitary, including a man I will call Richard, who would face his execution in just five short days.There is something a bit surreal about talking face...
As I started down the steps of the animal hospital, I could no longer restrain my tears.“Why?” screamed my head. “Why are you crying over a little bird? You should be thankful that it’s not one of your children you just admitted to hospital!”Good point, but the tears...
