by Robin Jones Gunn   Norman Rockwell’s side-by-side painting entitled Going and Coming reminds me of childhood trips to the beach. The...

by Shannon Sue Dunlap   “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12, NIV)   Forty...

by Jane Kirkpatrick   “I have your next story!” She stood in line at the Woodland, Washington’s Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens to have me...

by Henry O. Arnold   In the early years of my theatre training, I read Christopher Marlowe’s play Dr. Faustus . It was one of my first...

by Liz Johnson   I booked the excursion for my niece. At least that’s what I thought as my family and I planned our trip to Prince Edward...

by Becky Thompson   The truth is, when life has been a lot and your heart has carried so much, it can be hard to feel safe or settled...

by Cara Putman   As a novelist, I write books that are filled with conflict. In The Accused , the characters are wrestling with a trial...

by Amber Lia “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” Proverbs 17:22 It was a happy moment. All...

by Suzanne Woods Fisher In 2018, five women in Jackson, Wyoming, launched a campaign called Shoot 'Em With a Camera—Not a Gun to protect...

by Samantha Decker With tired eyes, sagging shoulders, and an aching lower back, I placed the computer on top of my seven-month pregnant...

by Lynn Cowell What is your first thought when I say: God is your good father? For some, immediately we agree. God is kind, attentive,...

by Ann H. Gabhart I’m not a dancer. I’ve never whirled around a ballroom in an elaborate, ruffled and beribboned ballgown. About the most...

by Joanna Davidson Politano I do a lot of looking down in this season of my life—down at my computer, down at my nursing babies, down at...

by Hallie Dye Several summers ago, we joined a gym. I promise it is first and foremost a gym, but I’ll be honest—the pool, the splash...

by Nicolet Bell The forecast was less than promising. The outdoor ceremony was scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m., the same time the...

by Pepper Basham Grief isn’t usually something people associate with romantic comedy. Because it isn’t funny. It’s hard, long,...

by Tricia Goyer and Leslie Nunnery Have you ever experienced something like this? Picture a sunny Saturday afternoon, the park buzzing...

by Carey Scott “Sell your material possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don’t wear out! Make a...

by Kim Vogel Sawyer In September of 2020, as restrictions were beginning to lift following the COVID quarantine, my husband took me on a...

by Laura L. Smith Henri Nouwen, renowned theologian and psychologist, said the world determines who we are by 1. what we have and ...