"We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today!" ( Luke 5:26 Amp) I sat nervously around the table as I looked at the other parents. Some were in couples, but there were others who were alone as I was. As each parent started to tell...
Many living things need each other to survive. If you have ever seen a Colorado aspen tree, you may have noticed that it does not grow alone.Aspens are found in clusters, or groves. The reason is that the aspen sends up new shoots from the roots. In a small grove, all...
An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way...
It is very hard to know what to say to someone when they have received a cancer diagnosis. Words seem so inept at a time like this; you feel like you should DO something.I found out the hard way, by receiving a cancer diagnosis of my very own, just how much the words...
A monarch of long ago had twin sons. There was some confusion about which one was born first. As they grew to young manhood, the king sought a fair way to designate one of them as crown prince. All who knew the young men thought them equal in intelligence, wit,...
The Rev. H. Merriweather, a dedicated missionary of the Sri Lanka and India General Mission, was sent to the United States to represent the mission in various capacities. The head office of the mission asked him to call upon a certain woman who supported a full-time...
A great evangelist closed his sermon with an appeal for his hearers to surrender their lives to Christ. A score or more responded, among them a woman of wealth, who was well known in social circles. She asked the minister if she might say a few words. Imagine the...