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A Wretch Like Me?

After years of drug abuse, I finally got sober. I had no idea what God had in store for me

The RELUCTANT Convert

How the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia helped a struggling veteran rediscover his faith

Opposites Attract?

Don and I had been married 38 years. But only two weeks into lockdown, I was wondering if we’d make it to 39

The Advice I Needed

Out here in the hills, I’d always prided myself on being independent. Why was my friend Red pushing me to change?

Fit for Life

I thought I was doing this for my mom after her stroke, but I ended up doing it for both of us

The Good Seeds

The old tin had been hidden away for 80 years. What promise did it hold?

Angels of Grace

This single mom is responsible for the big family you see here. Learn how she cares for hundreds of other children

The Boy I Raised

Is anything greater than a mother’s sorrow?

Dad's Prayer

I thought I knew my father well: his devotion to family, his solid faith. A slip of paper in a forgotten Bible revealed more

The Hammock

A sign of God’s protection right when she needed it

A Room for Dad

Before Mom passed, I made a promise to her

Life Changing

I was happily married, happily employed, just plain happy. Until the accident

Healing Chorus

Meet the musicians who refused to let the music die

Grounded in Love

In the heart of the South, a church does the hard work of racial reconciliation

Five Quilts for Five Sisters

We thought we knew everything about our mother

Everyday Poet

Find the poetry in your life

A Soldier's Vision

He lay wounded in the Iraqi desert, ready to accept his death. Then he saw and heard his future

A Lesson in Letting Go

Maybe 50 feet from the road, I noticed my Lab, Clyde, wasn’t with me. How could that be? He never wandered off

67 Waterfalls

Their life felt in free fall. So this mom and daughter set out on an epic quest

Rock Steady

A World War II veteran gravely ill with Covid-19, an Army social worker on his first deployment and the relationship they forged

Love's Pure Light

Ease back in front of the fire and let the singer from Checotah tell you about the gift we can all give at Christmas

KEEPING THE FAITH

TY’ANN BROWN, Vice President, Ministries

Sandwich Generation Blues

First my daughter and her husband had to move in. Then my mother-in-law. So much for my empty nest

I'll never forget you…Grandma Honeybunch

EVERY WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS 16, I’d change into a nice button-down and my best jeans after school. Then I’d ride my bike on the path between our house and my grandmother’s outside Meadville, Pennsylvania. Exactly at four, Grandma Honeybunch— we always called her that, though I don’t know why except that it fit her sweetness—would pull her dark green Dodge Stratus sedan into the dirt driveway.

Hello Christmas

PEOPLE HAVE A LOVE-hate relationship with Christmas letters. I’m a lifelong letter writer, and even I struggle to hit the right note—newsy, fun, filled with holiday spirit but not bragging or full of details that no one cares about.

Grieving Shirley

It was his first Christmas in 58 years without his wife. Author Cecil Murphey shares how he faced his loss

Emilie's Light

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary eight years ago was one of the saddest events we have ever covered. Yet as her story from 2017 shows, this mother of a young victim found hope and healing

Faith in Food

The acclaimed food writer gives tips to make this difficult holiday season joyous

SOMEONE CARES PASS IT ON

SIMPLY THE BEST The first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic got my husband, Kevin, and me down. We slipped into the habit of saying “That’s the worst” whenever we heard an alarming news report or encountered a rude person. Griping only added to our unhappiness.

Every Picture Told a Story

How the Bononi family solved the mystery of the missing photographs