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Fanny Crosby was blind from the age of six weeks, the result of a country doctor's mistake when he treated an eye infection with the...
In a small town not too far from here, a young woman named Sarah found herself wrestling with the complex intersection of her faith and the urgent calls for social justice echoing through her community. Sarah was raised in a...
In 2019, a first-generation college student named Marcus Rivera enrolled at the University of Houston with a full scholarship from a local foundation. What Marcus...
There’s a story about a young woman named Clara who found herself at a crossroads in life. After losing her job and experiencing a broken relationship, she felt consumed by uncertainty. Every decision seemed overwhelming, and the weight of her...
In 2019, Detroit city officials tagged over 10,000 vacant lots for demolition. Among them was a crumbling property on Heidelberg Street that a retired schoolteacher...
In 1836, George Müller opened an orphanage in Bristol, England, with exactly two shillings in his pocket. He made a remarkable decision: he would never...
There once was a skilled potter who worked diligently in his studio, surrounded by the aroma of clay and the soft sound of a spinning wheel. One day, a lump of formless clay sat on the wheel, feeling lost and...
For thirty-three years after her release from Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie ten Boom traveled the world telling one story: God had done something that defied...
Imagine a small garden nestled behind an old wooden fence, its soil rich and dark, cradling the promise of life. Each spring, a seasoned gardener arrives, not with grand plans or elaborate designs, but with humble tools—just a trowel, a...
When Dr. Sarah Chen sets a broken femur at Massachusetts General Hospital, she doesn't heal the bone — she positions it. She aligns the fractured...
In 2015, when thousands of refugees huddled in the mud of the Calais "Jungle" camp in northern France, local churches organized prayer vigils. They sang...
In 2019, a journalism student named Darnella Frazier was walking her nine-year-old cousin to Cup Foods, a corner store in Minneapolis. She had no grand...
When Hurricane Helene tore through Asheville, North Carolina in September 2024, Marcus Jennings lost nearly everything — his car submerged, his apartment gutted by floodwater....
In 2019, Yumi Tanaka boarded a one-way flight from Tokyo to a small fishing village in northern Scotland. She was marrying Callum, a boat builder...
In our bustling cities, where gleaming skyscrapers rise next to crumbling tenements, the stark contrast of economic inequality can often feel overwhelming. Picture a young mother, Maria, living in a modest apartment with her two children. Each month, she juggles...
In 1668, in a cramped Amsterdam apartment, a bankrupt old painter picked up his brush one last time. Rembrandt van Rijn had once been the...
In 1979, archaeologist Gabriel Barkay was excavating a burial cave at Ketef Hinnom, overlooking the Valley of Hinnom in Jerusalem. Inside a repository carved from...
In the midst of our modern world, where uncertainty swirls like autumn leaves caught in a windstorm, we find ourselves navigating the tumultuous waters of a global pandemic. The challenges we face can feel overwhelming, but nestled within these struggles...
In our fast-paced world, where the relentless buzz of notifications and deadlines can drown out the still, small voice of God, finding balance between work, life, and faith can feel like trying to juggle flaming torches on a tightrope. Just...
In 1909, a twenty-one-year-old Japanese seminary student named Toyohiko Kagawa packed a single bag and moved into a six-foot-by-six-foot shack in the Shinkawa slums of...
In the autumn of 1940, London burned. German bombers pounded the city night after night during the Blitz, and thick clouds of smoke hung over...
In 1679, the Great Plague swept through Vienna, killing an estimated 76,000 people in a matter of months. Emperor Leopold I, who had fled the...
In 2019, a journalist in Nashville profiled a man named David Chen who had kept his front porch light on every single night for eleven...
There was a man named David, a humble gardener in our community, who often felt overwhelmed by life’s unpredictability. One spring day, while tending to his plot of flowers, he noticed that some of the seeds he planted last year...