In All Kinds of Places
08. January 2021
This story begins and ends with a vision. The shortest psalm in the Bible, Psalm 117, reads: “Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! ...
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In the Line of God’s Faithfulness
18. November 2020
“That children yet unborn might know, and their descendants lead, to trust in God, recall God’s works, and His commandments heed.” All four of ...
Here to Stay
14. September 2020
I was on a call from my home office with a couple of my Lockheed Martin colleagues on Sept. 16, 2019, when our house phone rang (yes, we still have a ...
Seeing More Clearly with Age
13. July 2020
I was born into a Reformed Presbyterian family consisting of my father, mother, two older brothers, and an older sister. Although all but my brother ...
Unlikely Odds, Together God’s
14. May 2020
I was about six. I had just finished watching a TV program and began to cry because it made me ponder the concept of death. I was afraid I would no ...
An Advancing Kingdom Adventure
18. March 2020
A Distant Memory Long ago, during my student days, there was a brief conversation I had almost forgotten. I went to a traditional boarding school in ...
God’s Grace in The Gambia
30. January 2020
Christian and Muslim Background I am a Sierra Leonean by nationality and was raised in that country. My father had a Christian background, and my ...
Returning to Calm Waters
02. December 2019
I was sitting in the house I shared with my girlfriend when I opened my Bible and read the words found in the ninth chapter of Romans: “So then it ...
This Is Not a Love Story
25. September 2019
Our story begins in the toddler room at church, where we first met. We were not serving in the nursery together; we ourselves were the toddlers! We ...
When the Gospel Breaks Through
26. July 2019
This is a season of our lives when the wonder of the gospel has broken into our hearts afresh. The Lord opened an opportunity for us to join a group ...
Mercy Great
23. May 2019
I’m not known for decisiveness, hence my moniker (aptly and lovingly assigned): Our Lady of the Options. Upon receiving a request for a written ...
God, Show Yourself to Me
20. March 2019
It came as a shock to the system—being raised in an unchurched family with only vague memories of a few vacation Bible school classes, then finding ...
Puzzle to Picture
21. January 2019
I thought I would be able to come up with a reasonably coherent essay to explain my life and faith in Christ, but I was wrong. My search through my ...
God Is Greater Than My Heart
14. November 2018
I was born in Ottawa to a Christian home and baptized at the Ottawa RPC. Within a few short years, I moved to Mississauga with my parents and two ...
Trinidad, Ontario, and Onward
12. September 2018
Tim was raised in a churchgoing family in Eastern Ontario. His father was a professor of classics at the University of Ottawa, and his mother remained ...
An Accidental Family
27. July 2018
I was raised in a Christian home. My father, John, was a physics professor at Geneva College. Mom (Lois) stayed at home with the children. My family ...
Removing the Void
14. May 2018
I was born in China in the late 1980s. My parents were secondary school teachers, and I spent my early years in their school. I grew up in a vacuum ...
An Overflowing Blessing
09. March 2018
I don’t have a remarkable testimony. Mine is not a story that amazes. It is, however, a story of God’s grace. And God’s grace is always amazing! ...
The Instruments God Uses
17. January 2018
When I first attended Second Reformed Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, I did so without an understanding of the theological background of the ...
The Lord Has Kept Me Close
15. November 2017
I was born into a Christian home with two godly parents. They are still happily married. The Bible and church were a foundation to our household ...