Elizabeth Jackson 3 Minute Read There are a lot of extremes under the banner of Christianity. That’s not too surprising, because people in general are extremists. We discover an idea and run with it until it becomes our guiding doctrine in life. It’s human nature. The frightening thing about Christianity is that there are very few rules. People like rules….
Ruth Wiechmann 3 Minute Read “Why, Lord?” I have asked Him this question many, many times this year. I ask not because I question His judgment but because His thoughts and ways are higher than mine. I cannot comprehend all of the reasons behind His doings. “Why now, Lord?” I wondered in April, when I discovered that I was pregnant….
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read I don’t know where I heard it, but it’s always stuck in my mind: “Marry a man who will make a good father.” Ever since I met my husband in Yellowstone National Park that day, I knew he liked children. My little sister was just 1-year-old at the time, and though 13-year-old Merritt and I…
Ruth Wiechmann 4 Minute Read “Maybe you should start packing.” My husband’s voice carried the usual note of teasing but also a serious undercurrent. He was just joking, right? Maybe not this time… We were in the throes of yet another major, life changing decision; the past two years had been full of them. Do we stay here, or do…
Ruth Wiechmann 5 Minute Read by Mrs. Ruth Wiechmann You have probably heard the saying that “life’s not a bed of roses.”When circumstances go awry, disillusioned people are hard put to find the good in life.Even when things run smoothly, there’s always a pessimist about who will find a little squeak in the wheels to fuss over.It’s the perversity…
Lanier Ivester 5 Minute Read Three weeks ago today I was on a ladder in the backyard doing yet another of those absolutely imperative tasks that must be completed before vacation: spraying the peach trees. I had already had that conversation with myself about how stupid it was to get up on a rickety ladder with a heavy, awkward sprayer…
Elisabeth Adams 3 Minute Read It’s a good thing I went to my first Seder meal before I came to Israel. What’s a Seder? Oh, only the family atmosphere of Thanksgiving and the spiritual depth of the Lord’s Supper mixed together with the pageantry of a play, plenty of good food, and exuberant music. And I mean exuberant. By the…
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