Nothing helps you grasp God’s love for His children more than becoming a parent. Here are some thoughts from one of our new mothers as...

On May 13th 2009 I started my Christian journey. From when I was a baby until I was about five I went to Garden City Church of Christ. I...

By Hannah Orr Every since bringing home my newborn daughter last month, I noticed a pattern in adult responses when she cries. Whenever...

If I told the whole story, it would be far too long for the space afforded here. So, this is the abbreviated version. I was “born into”...

By Dave Priskorn Being raised Lutheran, Christianity to me was nothing more than rules and traditions. Say a scripted prayer before...

At the beginning of this week, we were able to fit three adults in the back seat of our car. (Now, it was not the most comfortable fit as...

Certain dates just resonate with us and we remember what we were doing on that day. I remember turning on the TV on the morning of...

You know blessings are one of those tricky concepts. God told Abraham that he would be blessed, and we see the wonderful things that...

I wonder if someone inside this address in Lubbock, Texas was praying for me. If it would have been prior to early September 1982, they...

There will be times of remembering going on this weekend. Some will gather in New York City, some in Washington DC, and still others in...

I had a glimpse of Heaven this past Sunday. I hadn’t anticipated it, but it just happened. A few weeks ago Brad, my best friend in High...

Although I’ve only been to one co-ed bridal shower, I know this is something that's done at these types of events. When you’re attending...

Ah, the fourth. On a calendar, it would just be the fourth day of the month. There are twelve of them each year, pretty insignificant....

As the years have crept up on me, I find myself on the living room floor each day. No, I don’t fall coming down the hallway, and no, I’m...

For better than a week I had been looking. I looked through my garage twice. I looked through my basement storage. I moved boxes, shifted...

By Hannah Orr I yelled at one of my students yesterday. I don’t mean a stern worded lecture. I mean I completely lost my cool and snapped...

After some pondering we decided to go ahead and do it. On Thursday this past week out of a lottery system of sorts, our names were drawn...

Monday is another one of those animal weather folklore days, like we had a couple of weeks ago with Phil. You know the rodent from...

Ah, the romance, the commercialism of February 14th! The second part of that seems to creep into every holiday or special occasion we...