Easter Will Be Different This Year
Easter will be different this year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Larry and I must stay home. My kids and...
Easter will be different this year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Larry and I must stay home. My kids and...
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
Brian Mansfield is a writer for USA Today and was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 48. Brian chronicles his life...
Sherri Maat | 1 min read
Are You Ready for Christmas? Everyday? Are you willing— to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little...
Sherri Maat | 1 min read
A note from Karen: I originally read this story in Chicken Soup for the Soul. Further research indicated that this...
Sherri Maat | 2 min read
Life is like a journey on a train with its stations, with changes of routes and with accidents! At birth, we...
Sherri Maat | 1 min read
Are you afraid? Anxious? Overwhelmed? There is wisdom for you in the following legend of the Cherokee Indians:...
Sherri Maat | 2 min read
Do not fear. Do not worry. When my friend, Pat, was struggling with cancer, she asked me to post signs of her...
Sherri Maat | 1 min read
Jim Kok says, “A friend of mine arrived at church early for a meeting, so she sat in her car listening to the radio. Someone pulled in and parked next to her. My friend turned and smiled. A few minutes later there was a knock on her window. It was the person she’d smiled at. ‘Thank you for smiling,’ she said. ‘I’ve had some very bad news today, and your smile just lifted my spirits.’ Yes, a smile can work wonders.”
Sherri Maat | 2 min read
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