Sharing the Water of LifeThe land was dry and arid. It rarely rained. Because of this the desert had no vegetation and there was no shelter from the burning heat of the sun. But in the midst of the de...  Read More

Shall we be Friends (Part 2)Bill sat in his hotel room feeling lousy. He hadn’t talked to Pete for 3 years and life just wasn’t the same anymore.At first, he hadn’t noticed the difference because work...  Read More

Shall We Be Friends?Bill had always found it difficult to make friends, especially at school. He didn’t feel very clever and he wasn’t even good at sports, he felt like a nobody, and it seemed like ev...  Read More

Are we Listening? A Modern ParableThe Church was on a mission, and they were excited following the launch of several new projects. One Saturday morning they decided to go into their community to tell ...  Read More

Story – Ugly the TomcatEveryone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say,...  Read More

Story - Taxi Driver Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn’t realize was that it was also a ministry.Because I drove t...  Read More

Story - The Folded NapkinI try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally ha...  Read More

Story: God's Under the BedMy brother Kevin thinks God lives under his bed. At least that's what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped outside his closed...  Read More

Story: True JoyAnna looked longingly at the dolls in the store window. They were just like the doll that her friend had. Oh, if only she could have one of those dolls! Anna could picture how much fun ...  Read More

Today’s newsletter article is actually a letter to the editor of the Odessa American which was written in the 1970’s.  This letter was written in response to a man who was shamed in church as a young ...  Read More

Christmas Story - The Man and the BirdsNow the man to whom I’m going to introduce you was not a scrooge. He was a kind, decent, mostly good man, generous to his family and upright in his dealings with...  Read More

Story - Nothing Can SeparateFrom her bedroom window, Rebecca eyed the children playing in the snow enviously. How she longed to play with them!“Now, Rebecca,” she remembered her father telling her tha...  Read More