“You’re only thirty and still in the prime of life,” Lucy Summerlin’s mother tells her in the spring of 1901. “You have beautiful cheek bones and a lovely smile that lights up every social gathering you attend. Dozens of men... Read More

All Madeleine knew was she often saw things she couldn’t explain to herself or others. And when she saw these visions, something bad always happened. And bad things seemed to be continually happening around the sensitive... Read More

“Fires, blood and foreign heavy shoes on the soil of nations do not make a new civilized relationship based on love of convergence,” laments Fatih Abdulsalam, an Iraqi journalist and editor-in-chief of an Arabic newspaper based in... Read More

During the 1870s, small groups of religious Germans, the “Templers,” had begun to settle in the Sharon Plain north of the port of Jaffa, then a desolate and remote outpost of the Turkish Ottoman Empire; they sought to build a... Read More

Leaders of any team or organization can expect to get their share of criticism. People tend to be quick to point out flaws, to dwell on bad decisions, or to vent their displeasure or frustration. But surely no members of a God-fearing... Read More

Happy are the children of working parents who look forward to their daycare experiences. A day away from home is especially wonderful when it involves using imagination and creative play. In exuberant verse, Barbara Rogenmoser tells the... Read More

After many years away, Jeff and his wife, Ann, return home to the valley where families once peacefully raised children and kept their farms intentionally isolated from the rest of the world. Now inhabited by outlaws who drink themselves... Read More

Jesus declared that He came to give abundant life and spoke of His love, peace, and joy. Today, it seems, many Christians have forgotten His teachings and let their thoughts dwell on feelings of guilt, condemnation, and fear. In... Read More