Love Where You Are
One of the most common temptations for Christian people is to hate where, and when, they live. We love to decry that we’re “living in the End Times,” or that…
The Life and Times of Billy Ryman, Chapter 3
CHAPTER THREE: WEEDS Several months passed, and soon Sarah began to show. Mae revealed her hidden talents and began to mother the mother-to-be, ensuring that Sarah received the best…
Life and Times of Billy Ryman: Chapter 2
CHAPTER TWO: THE FARM Unfortunately, Sarah was terrible at farming. Her heart wasn’t in the field, but in the home. She was an old-fashioned kind of gal, and that…
The Life and Times of Billy Ryman (a harmony of Christ’s parables) Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE: THE FIELD Billy and Sarah Ryman had been married almost a year before the adventure began. Having fallen in love at Sarah’s eighth-grade graduation, Billy proposed when…
THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS
George loved the beautiful trees in his garden, and their blossoms were his most prized possessions. But a thief trampled the blooms, stole one of his buds, and George got…
“THE JEWEL ON THIN ICE” (ADAPTED FROM SOREN KIERKEGAARD)
Tim sat in his father’s hospital room. The old building overlooked the frozen lake in the middle of the barony, crowded with skaters surrounded by their admirers. Tim’s dad was…
REFLECTION: THE JEWEL ON THIN ICE
God wants to give us the desires of our hearts, but some of our hearts are so empty that God’s rewards feel insignificant, unclear, and unsatisfying. Your life now is…
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT
A shaman once gave a girl a bottle of magic ointment. Each time the girl put it on her face she transformed into the most beautiful woman in the world….
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