Excerpt from Growing Faith One Day at a Time A smile crosses your face as you view the crystal blue sky, sparkling water, and snowcapped mountains outside your window. After…

Trapped! Their faces etched with despair. Their situation bleak. Where will help come from? Does this remind you of a movie scene just before a rescue?  Well, it is a…

Doesn’t this old recipe have a few odd directions?  I guess back in 1901 they would have made perfect sense. Whether we understand all the directions or not, we are…

Do you know much about birds?  See if you can answer these questions. If you guessed that there are 10,906 bird species in the world, you would be correct. 1…

Can you imagine learning English as your second language?  Even for those whose native language is English; it can be confusing. We have homonyms such as sea and see. Why…

Are you ready for a quiz? This quiz on Thomas Edison may seem strange for Easter, but keep reading to find the mission impossible. Thomas Edison’s mission was to invent.…

Are you familiar with Crewel?  This type of embroidery has used the same sewing techniques for at least a thousand years.1   First, the perfect picture is designed and drawn on…

“Let’s play the trust game!  Me first!” exclaimed Carla jumping up and grabbing Sam’s muscular arm. “Come on Sam, you can catch me.”  Standing a couple of feet apart, Carla…

Sheila anxiously watched as Jessie slipped on his new hearing aid. Squeezing Sheila’s hands with his sweaty palms he said, “Here goes.”  Quickly he turned away from Sheila. With his…

Only a few hours had passed, but it seemed like days since Leslie began walking.  With each step the dusty road coated her shoes with sandy particles. Her throat was…