We are unable to have dogs or cats due to allergies, so our eight-year-old daughter, Jenny, has a miniature fish named Willie. Willie joined our household about a year ago. Jenny has proven very loyal and capable and has taken very good care of the little striped fellow. She reads a page or two of a story book to him every night before she gets...

Setting the Bible on the pulpit, I stepped down off the platform to the sanctuary floor where the children were sitting. A young boy was chosen and instructed to get the Bible without going up onto the platform. After earnestly jumping, though barely reaching even halfway to his goal, he admitted defeat. When he was asked why he couldn’t get it,...

During several weeks in October, my husband and I worked hard to get a home we once lived in ready to sell. We painted and papered, scraped and scrubbed, washed and mended. Our house had been rented out for some time, so restoring it seemed like caring for an ailing friend. As we applied elbow grease to a long list of surface problems, we thought...

The story is told of three young men who had a dream. Their combined life savings bought them an old boat and they were to sail around the world! Many months were spent repairing, replacing and refurbishing. Just as they were ready to set sail, news of an approaching hurricane reached their coastal city. They had a few precious hours in which to...

Simply by opening the pages of a good book, we may enjoy places we could never afford to cruise to, explore uncharted lands, and live many experiences vicariously. What book can take us farther than the Bible? It carries us back in history to the very birth of the earth and forward to the magnificent throne of God. It’s a shame to neglect such...