If you like Christian mysteries, you will love the Million Dollar Mysteries Series by Mindy Starns Clark. The series follows a young widow named Callie who has a fascinating job as a private investigator. Her mission is...
Read MoreLast week was not a good week. When I got to work on Monday, I felt fine. But by two o’clock, my head throbbed, my body ached, and my stomach sounded like a bowling ally. I counted the minutes until I could go home, and all I...
Read MoreEvery year, Nikon hosts a photography contest called The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. It’s a competition that celebrates the beautiful combination of microscopes and photography....
Read MoreHe would have been one yesterday. Our son, Benjamin Spross Ryan, was due on 10/10/10 but died in my tummy during the second trimester. We met him, we mourned him, and then we let him go. But we will never forget him. Officially,...
Read MoreOne of my college roommates, Jen, was an animal lover – a trait I’ll admit that I do not share. So although she really wanted a sweet little dog to scurry around our apartment, what we compromised on was a hamster. She searched...
Read MoreIf I had written the Bible, I think I would have included one extra book just after Revelation. It would be kind of like a P.S. to God’s letter to us. An addendum of sorts like the Maps or the Concordance, but more holy that...
Read MoreIt’s the morning after. You’ve just experienced a weekend of great teaching and biblical inspiration. You were on an awesome spiritual high. You hoped it would last. You prayed it would last. But then, Monday came. There is a...
Read MoreWhen my son, Gideon, was young, my husband and I were at a restaurant with him when a waitress stopped to dote on him for awhile. “He’s so sweet,” she said. “What’s his name? When we told her it was...
Read MoreSeveral years ago, I went with a group of friends to Las Vegas, Nevada, for a wedding. Although we weren’t thrilled about the casinos or “night life” that are typical of the city, there were several other aspects of the town we...
Read MoreSeveral years ago, I was asked to speak at a fireside event at a retreat. The retreat coordinators had heard me give my testimony in a smaller setting before and wanted me to share it again for their whole group. Honored to do...
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