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History’s Steady Tune

George Jellinek, former host of The Vocal Scene radio program, says “the history of a people is found in its songs.”

Hope That Will Not Die

When I was a boy, we’d often visit friends for meals overflowing with delicious country cooking: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, green beans simmering in bacon grease, and biscuits.

In All Things

What a beautiful illustration of what it can look like if believers choose to bring hope and light and Christ’s joy to those we meet instead of succumbing to the darkness of this world.

He’s Not There

My dad passed away several years ago from pancreatic cancer. As I think back to that day, my mind goes to another graveside scene. It was early in the morning, still dark outside.

History Matters

Theologian George Ladd once rhetorically asked, “Does mankind have a destiny? Or do we jerk across the stage of time like wooden puppets, only to have the stage, the actors, and the theatre itself destroyed by fire, leaving only a pile of ashes and the smell of smoke?”
Illustration of a couple sharing a meal

When My Hopes for a Relationship Was Dashed

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For a good half year, I had been trading messages with someone I had just gotten to know. Wisdom gleaned from dating sites and friends had me convinced that he was interested in me—otherwise, why would he be messaging me every day? Surely, there had to be  an interest of some sort involved, right? “He might ask me out any day now,” I thought. Sadly, I was so wrong.

Even the Worst

Every Christian has a story to tell. Some conversion testimonies are more dramatic and spectacular than others.

The Hope of Heaven

I’ll never forget what one of my older friends said when her son died unexpectedly: “Heaven seems nearer.”

I Was on the Brink of Killing Myself

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Planning my route to the place where I wanted to kill myself, I cried out to God in utter desperation for the first, and what I thought would be, the last time.