Web Originals
December 18, 2008
Last year, during the New Year’s holiday, I was visiting my aunt and uncle in a city that I’d never been to before.
December 15, 2008
My prayer for Greece
Kari Mashos
Students and police recently clashed in Greece after a teenage boy was shot dead by police in Athens.
December 4, 2008
God's grace up on the ridgeline
David Summerfield
At the end of this past summer, I’d been given the privilege of organizing a yearly footrace that spans the better part of a local mountain range.
December 4, 2008
Thoughts from Mumbai . . .
Lyle Young
My wife and I arrived in India on November 23, and I was preparing to speak on Christian Science healing in several cities when, like millions of others, I found myself praying as several terrorist attacks in Mumbai were taking place.
December 2, 2008
No wait for happiness
Sunny Schneberger
Soon after graduating college, I found my first real job and moved to a big city.
December 1, 2008
Prayer in the midst of Christmas controversy
Pat Sharp
When our boys were young, we used to start our Christmas preparations by reading Biblical accounts of Jesus’ birth.
December 1, 2008
Christmas fellowship and ‘Immanuel’
Melissa Hayden
Many years ago, not long after my husband, Richard, and I were married, we found ourselves with very little cash at Christmastime.
December 1, 2008
Peace, not terror, for India and Pakistan
Rosalie E. Dunbar
Even as the world’s focus turns elsewhere, India and Pakistan are still grappling with the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which has been much in the news these last few days.
November 24, 2008
New traditions
Laura Forbes
As a kid, one of my favorite holiday traditions was sharing a room with my big sister on Christmas Eve as we listened to my mom read the classic tale, “The Night Before Christmas.
November 24, 2008
Mountains, snowmobiles, and angels
Evan Mehlenbacher
One Christmas, my family and I were in the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon, where we entertained several guests at our cabin.
November 20, 2008
Facing down intimidation with prayer
Verena Linning
Tuning out news about acts of intimidation in the world can be tempting.
November 18, 2008
The California fires and helping those in need
Pam DeBolt
As we hear news of wildfires in California and see pictures on the Internet or television, we may ask ourselves, “What can I do to help those in trouble?