Overcoming Fears

             Leslie exited the passenger seat of Tara’s car and raised her face to the sunshine. “What a beautiful day.”              Tara tightened the laces of her hiking boots and tucked a water bottle into her backpack. “It is. Thanks so much for joining me. It’s...

Listening

Ella put down her Bible, frustrated. She’d retired nearly six months ago, and she still hadn’t figured out what God wanted her to do with her time. Not for lack of asking. She glanced at her watch. The midweek Bible study would start soon. Maybe she’d head over to...

Answered Prayers

Dawn entered the room for the first session of the Fall women’s Bible study. Surprisingly, Christine was already there. “Looks like someone else is as early as I am.” Christine glanced her way and smiled. “Yes. My husband Jerry had a meeting which started earlier, so...

Nudges

            Jennifer sank onto the sofa and picked up the remote control. What an exhausting day. Her coworker had called out sick, so she was left juggling twice as many patients. She’d just gotten Zoey to bed, after all the last-minute packing for summer camp. She...

Silver and Gold Part 2

“Thanks for making pancakes, Grandma.” Peyton poured syrup over the golden circles in front of her. “We usually have cereal on school days.” “I know, but we had a special sleepover night, so I thought pancakes were in order, especially since you did such a good job...

Silver and Gold

Donna stood before the mirror and frowned. Her once lustrous brown hair was streaked with gray, and wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes. It seemed only yesterday she was a young mother. But more and more these days, she was looking her age. She applied...