Story Harvest

On our second day of camping we wake to high winds, torrents of rain, and muddy water spilling inside our tent. “We’re packing it in!” …

It is indeed a joy to announce that I PASSED my counseling certification exam! I was hesitant to let anyone know I even took the …

Icy terror clutched my stomach as I looked down the sheer mountainside beneath my skis. “I can’t do this, Danny. I’m hiking out.” My boyfriend, …

“You don’t get out much, do you?” My college roommate asked me one day. I hesitated. Why is she asking me this? I thought. I …

As a shy and insecure 13-year-old, I had a thousand different thoughts when my youth pastor asked me if I wanted to go on an …

This can’t end well, I thought, as I rode down the hill on my longboard. What if just around this bend it drops off or …

In 1969 I was given an all-expense-paid trip to Vietnam, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This was the time of the Vietnam War, and unless you …

Thirty years ago, my wife Roberta had a “rebirth” experience.  Let me explain: She and I had been married for five years and were living …

In many households, as well as mine, somewhere near the first of the year, the inevitable putting away of Christmas occurs. The holidays are over …

It is hard to fathom that it has been 16 years since we experienced the great loss of our son, Brandon. He died in a …