

Avoid or Embrace?
Oh no. Another call from the school. Jacob isn’t feeling well… for the fourth day in a row. I knew what was going on. We’d been in...


Real or Fake?
“And when you enter, you will see in the stone the actual footprint of Jesus where He lifted from the earth when He ascended into...


Stage of Life
“Dinner is served.” The entire audience erupted in applause and cheers as my husband, the butler, made his entrance and delivered his first words. Even though it was never his intention, he had just committed the unforgivable: upstaging the lead. The audience’s response threw off the timing of the scene, and the lead actor almost forgot his next line. I’m sure he was wondering just who this bit player was who had just stolen a scene with his entrance. Later backstage my husba


Who's in Your Stable?
“What’s she doing with that camel?” We all were wondering silently about our friend’s choice to put the camel in the stable right where...


God Gives Us a Break
“Please don’t play with that balloon in the living room. You’re going to break something!” My husband assured me that such a lightweight...


The Margins of God's Love
“That seems a fair price. We’ll take it!” This was our first experience buying a car, and we seemed to have really been blessed with an...


Christmas Is Upon Us!
There were warnings all morning. A major blizzard was forecast to hit our city, Fort Wayne, Indiana. My boss was sending everyone home...


The Shepherd Boy's Questions
The brilliant light from the angels is gone. The shepherds make haste on their way The Savior is born, to the stable they run To find the...








































