Praying For Ice Cream

Praying For Ice Cream

Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty...
A Few Drops of Water!

A Few Drops of Water!

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt several farmers before it...
The Seasons of Life

The Seasons of Life

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the...
The Seasons of Life

A Pair of Pears

There was a king who had a daughter who was very ill. The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her. She just seemed miserable and cried often. One night the princess dreamed that if she ate a pair of very special pears she would get well. In order to learn what...
Whole Again

Whole Again

I tried so hard to walk beside you But when I looked up, You were hardly in view. It wasn’t because You were walking too fast, But I turned around and begin to look back. At things I thought would quench my thirst, I made them my gods, and put them first. So once...
The Person God Uses

The Person God Uses

what sort of person does God use? Imagine a group of people gathered before you. You need to select from among them those most likely to play a pivotal role in God’s plans for humanity. They are so at ease with you that they open up and share their darkest secrets....