The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment – to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class [...]
Faith Link
Heartprints
Whatever our hands touch… We leave fingerprints! On walls, on furniture On doorknobs, dishes, books. There’s no escape. As we touch we leave our identity. Oh God, [...]
The Parable of the Three Trees
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I [...]
Let’s Pray Now
One day a mother decided to take her three children to an ice skating party in a nearby town, but after several wrong turns and stops to ask directions, she pulled over to [...]
Commitment
A missionary society wrote to David Livingston and suggested that if he could ensure them of safe roads that they would send him some help. He responded with the following [...]
Father’s Day Classic – The Winner
I was watching some little kids play soccer. These kids were only five or six years old, but they were playing a real game – a serious game – two teams, complete [...]
Judas Test
Betrayal is one of the most difficult tests that we will ever face because it involves being wounded by someone we trust. It’s hard not to become bitter when a friend [...]
The big fish
Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other wasn’t. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep [...]
Scars
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, [...]
He became one of us
On February 15, 1921, there was a doctor who performed an appendectomy. The doctor performing the surgery was Dr. Evan O’Neill Kane, who over his 37-year medical career [...]