The news came with startling swiftness that night. We don't know whether it was prepared text or if the words flowed spontaneously, but one solitary angel was called upon to make an announcement that has never been forgotten. Appearing in a small Judean pasture in the middle of the night, this messenger from heaven introduced the true light that...

Years ago, when we were young, my brother Gene had a dance band for which I played. He asked an attractive teenage girl to sing with his band, but she never got to do so. Her mother just had a baby and was suffering from post-partum depression. Her husband often spent his evenings at a tavern. One night, after her five children were in bed, the weary...

"Ann, you have everything anyone could ever want!" a friend of hers exclaimed one day. "Oh, yes," she answered, "I have a beautiful home, all kinds of material things and a good husband. But what good are all these things if I feel like a walking zombie? I'm sick of taking tranquilizers and sleeping pills. This is no way to live!" Ann had been...

I couldn’t pull myself away. The inscription, engraved on a gold plate, just below the image of two infants sleeping peacefully in an old-fashioned cradle, confirmed what I already knew — this was the memorial to honor my unborn children — the ones not with me because of abortion. The divinely-inspired dedication, written by Helen Keller,...

Have you ever had to wait for something you really wanted? I think most of us would answer “yes!” There are times in our lives when we find ourselves in a holding pattern.  Everything is in place, the timing is perfect and yet God seems to say “not yet”.   One such time for me was when my husband and I wanted to start a family. We were...

Jack will jump off the bridge today. He won't stop traffic as he leaves this world. He's not a publicity seeker. At mid-span he'll slide over the safety railing onto a protruding support beam and plunge fifteen stories to his death. Last week he dropped a stone over the edge to time the fall. Seven seconds. A book at the library says skydivers...

Twelve days before Christmas, the mail brought a stack of season’s greetings and a divorce summons. As I gathered the envelopes, I had no idea that a single moment was about to slash decades of family memories and traditions: searching for a fresh, fragrant tree; snuggling by the fire as carols played; reminiscing over snapshots of a growing...