Unexpected

She had chosen a beautiful wedding gown, the lovely venue was reserved, she had studied her Biblical premarital workbook, and her family was happily anticipating the big day.   Then unexpectedly, she broke her engagement. One day she told her parents she was leaving for a weekend camping trip with a girlfriend.   She didn’t return home. …

Christmas Disappointment

As I was driven to the graveside service, I remember thinking, “I’ve never been this way before.”  I was sixteen and going to the burial of my mother.  In fact, I had been on this same road countless times.  It was the road to the school where my mother had worked.  But this time, I…