Touching the Hurting

Len Sweet in Postmodern Pilgrims recounts a letter a physician wrote to a church-related magazine:

Today I visited an eight-year-old girl dying of cancer. ...

Augustine's Mother Intercedes

The church father Augustine writes of the important role played by his mother's faithful intercession for him during his years of waywardness:

My mother ...

Dr. Benjamin Carson's Mother

Dr. Benjamin Carson, renowned surgeon at Johns Hopkins, tells a moving story about his mother. Mrs. Carson insisted that Ben and his brother Curtis write ...

Sacrificial Love

On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit airport, killing 155 people. One survived: a four-year-old ...

Prayer Unceasing

One black woman, looking back at her childhood, remembered the spiritual example of her mother, a slave whose work schedule left little free room, but ...

Ministering in Our Weakness

Elisa Morgan, president of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International, writes:

I'm probably the least likely person to head a mothering organization. ...

Content with God's Gifts

One story tells of a mother and son who lived in a forest. One day when they were out a tornado surprised them.

The mother clung to a tree and tried to ...

A Father Without Wisdom

A recent Duke graduate asked his old man late one night when he went back home, "Look, I'm getting ready to go out into life. Tell me what you know. Go ...

The Story of Anthusa

Anthusa lived from c. 330 to 374 A.D. in Antioch. Widowed at the age of 20, she is remembered for her influence in the life of her son, John Chrysostom, ...

Praise Your Wife

Try praising your wife even if it does frighten her at first.