Inspire

Dear God: Thank you for the freedoms we enjoy in our country. Here in the U.S., it’s easy to take for granted the fact that …

COVID hit the world unexpectedly during my seventh month of working as a student journalist in Peru. When Peru airports closed to all traffic, the …

One would think a lady who is approaching 60 years old would be pretty established in her career and may even be considering retirement. Well, …

Rachel called the other day, saying something that I couldn’t quite understand. Rachel is an Indian friend, and sometimes I have difficulty understanding her accent …

Dear God: I watched the birth of my daughter today. At three minutes after one, her tiny head emerged . . . and then I …

Forced into isolation and self-imposed quarantine, I returned to my childhood home in upstate New York. I’d finally escaped the city! The endless stream of cable …

Dear God: Today, we let her go. We moved Karli into her dorm room at Cal Poly, went out to dinner (which felt to me …

I was upset for days after she died of Covid. I shouldn’t have been. I never met her or heard her voice. I only knew …

I love this verse from Deuteronomy. “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. …

Dear God: I feel a stab of shame, Lord, when I lose it and use your name in vain. It happened again this morning when …