Many years ago there was a young couple who left their homeland with three young children and a pregnant wife to live for an indefinite period of time in a country across the ocean. When they arrived in a teeming city of 6 million, they were completely out of their element. They were country folk…
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Though I Walk Through the Valley
Our family has gotten bad news after bad news this week. Things seem dark. There have been a lot of tears. The grimness can be overwhelming. In times like these I’m reminded that Jesus experienced sorrows and pain, too. So we run into his welcoming arms because he understands. During this sad week, one lone…
Be Careful Who You Ask
She was so fetching in her British police uniform. Young, pretty, and with a smile that would melt glaciers, she was good naturedly hearing out an older man’s tirade made more vehement by too much alcohol. When she saw us waiting to ask her a question, she politely ended the one sided conversation by…