(2 minutes, 9 seconds) The customer service gal caught my fancy with her bright yellow blouse, paired with a bright yellow hair bow that matched a pair of bright yellow glasses, completing her cheery ensemble. Her attire matched her upbeat personality. I couldn’t help myself:…

(2 minutes, 48 seconds) My sister is a self-proclaimed non-green thumb. She loves to beat this old joke to death: “I give new meaning to hanging plants!” Having not grown up with green and living things in pots around me, it never occurred to me…

(1 minute, 43 seconds) Nothing stirs my heart quite like hearing sisters and brothers bear testimony to the goodness and grace of God in their lives. It’s a joy like no other to be the recipient of the sharing of another’s faith journey. While my…

(1 minute, 18 seconds) I have the opening verses of Psalm 18 framed and hanging in our dining room—a central place in our home because it’s a Psalm that centers me. “I love you, O Lord, my strength.The Lord is my rock and my fortress…

1 minute, 28 seconds Do you remember the television game show Let’s Make a Deal? Selected members of the studio audience, called “traders,” made deals with the host, Monty Hall. Each trader was offered a prize and then given the choice of keeping it or…

1 minute, 29 seconds When our girl graduated from Nursing School her favorite professor gave her class of new nurses as well as those gathered to celebrate one last word of instruction.Without pomp or circumstance, this beloved teacher offered this final nugget of golden advice:…

(1 minute, 11 seconds) It was my joy to witness several baptisms recently. One after another, saved believers stepped down into the water, professing their trust in Jesus and their faith in Him alone for the forgiveness of their sins and their desire to surrender…

The Curb Where My Story Pivoted Forty years ago, I stood on a curb at Washington Dulles International Airport, hailing my first taxi ever. A woman named Jeanette stood on the same curb near me, seeking a cab to—as it turned out—the same hotel as…

Don’t We All Need a Little Enthusiastic Encouragement Sometimes? (1 minute, 23 seconds) The well-known musical film “The Greatest Showman,” released in 2017, was almost never produced. This film struggled to get “greenlit”—a term in the film industry meaning receiving permission to proceed with a…

(1 minute, 31 seconds) Jan Karon taught me how to make real-deal lemonade from scratch. Her recipe for lemonade is to die for: freshly squeezed lemon juice, lots of purified, clean water, and a little sugar that is first cooked into a syrup on the…