ODB: Walking with God

It was Tuesday at the gym, so the people walking around the track were supposed to go clockwise.

ODB: Believing More Than We See

In the late nineteenth century, few people had access to the great sequoia groves in the United States, and many didn’t believe the reports of the massive trees.

ODB: Growth Through Pain

The brain is remarkably small, but stress can make it even smaller.

ODB: Positive Graffiti

As a young man, journalist Sebastian Junger traveled the United States and wrote about it.

ODB: Don’t Do This Alone

As I opened the bookshelf assembly instructions with piles of boards and tools strewn on the floor before me, I viewed a set of instructional diagrams of what to do and what not to do.

ODB: How to Live Well

Pedro became a follower of Jesus at fifty. He’d been an angry, vindictive man who hurt those around him.

ODB: God’s Sufficient Grace

Born Mary Flannery O’Connor, she’s best known as Flannery O’Connor, one of the American South’s most celebrated writers.

ODB: A City Worth Seeking?

On May 29, 1925, Percy Fawcett sent a final letter to his wife before he ventured deeper into the unmapped jungles of Brazil.

ODB: A Humble Thanksgiving

One Thanksgiving I called home to greet my parents. As we talked, I asked my mom what she was most grateful for.

ODB: Count Your Blessings

When I was a little girl, I loved the old hymn “Count Your Blessings.”

ODB: Asking for God’s Help

When I was younger, I thought it improper to ask God to help me meet writing deadlines.

ODB: Hope in the Waiting

Alida took a DNA test in 2020 and discovered a strong match to a man living on the opposite coast of the US.

ODB: Our Worth in Christ

Mario was a twenty-eight-year-old crack and alcohol addict who was imprisoned for burglary.

ODB: Treasured Possession

My father first locked eyes on my mother at a party in London. Next he gate-crashed a second party, then organized a third, just to see her again.