Inspirational  

A few days ago, I received a copy of my birth certificate in the mail. Nothing unusual, except I’m 57 years old and had not ever seen it. Some when during the packing and moving to bring a whole family to the new world, my birth certificate got lost.

When I ...read more

I stood outside on my balcony this weekend. Lightning bolts
shook the sky and the whole world was encased in a sick
emerald green. The air had a chill to it and just minutes
before was silent. Not so now. Trees are bowing to the
ground ...read more

"But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus" (John 21:4).

The disciples had to get on with their lives after the awful death of their adored Friend. How they must have grieved and wondered and wept as ...read more

"To the man who has, more will be given; and he who has not, will lose even the little he thinks he has" (Luke 8:18).

This certainly seems unfair. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Perhaps Jesus is telling us here that truth that is not understood and ...read more

"At this they were seized with astonishment. Full of awe, they gave praise to God, saying, `We have seen incredible things today!'" (Luke 5:26).

What awesome things we have not seen and heard because we take so much for granted. When one of our sons called us long-distance and told us ...read more

"My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me" (Matthew 26:38).

I will never forget the moment that our youngest son walked off the elevator and he saw the grief in our eyes. We told him the awful news: his fiancé had ...read more

“If only you had known the path to peace this day” (Luke 19:42).

The whole month was a full moon. Friends one after another called to ask for a piece of peace. One friend's son hung himself and she found the body; another lost her cherished nephew to a terrible disease; ...read more

We are all in motion, even the inorganic among us. What looks like a solid table to us is really is an infinity of little ions buzzing and bouncing around held together by a tenuous magnetic force. We never arrive. We are always in a process of becoming, and that ...read more

Did you ever want to achieve something so bad but were afraid to try? Did you want to learn something new but did not have the time? Did you ever after years and years of thinking about this finally achieve it? If the answer is yes to any of ...read more

Amy Moar may be a little to the smaller side of statuesque, but she has a heart that must be warmer and bigger than most of the adults around her. She's a beautiful, if undersized 12 year old, her tiny hands more akin to those of four year old and ...read more