While the facts were a bit murky, a young lady arrived from an eastern nation on a student visa.  It became clear that she had experienced a great deal of trauma.   Somewhere along the line, her passport was stolen, and the embassy was not easy to work with in order to get it replaced. …

  From my earliest days in Christianity, I heard preachers confessing in very serious tones, “I am just a sinner, saved by Grace.”  This sounds great and very spiritual.  I never questioned that sort of idea and took it on as my own identity.  After all, the Apostle Paul called himself the chief of sinners,…

     Nehemiah and his brother took the opportunity during the moment of quiet to explore the gardens.  This was not actually prohibited but many in the Jewish community had frowned on any type of over contact with the gentiles.  A bright blue sky and beautiful plants inspired the boys and filled them with great joy. …

      Jana was well known around town.  You could see her pushing a shopping cart filled with her life belongings including a great deal of equipment to care for the twins that she was sure that she was carrying.  From time-to-time, things would happen, and all of those belongings would vanish, and Jana would start…