By Jennifer L Griffith “Kelly loved the Lord,” Lola said as I hugged her neck, meeting her for the first time. This encounter occurred two and a half hours after her 53-year-old husband’s artificial heart
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Captain Harry’s Daily Bread
By Jennifer L Griffith The first time I’d heard the name Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje, JD came from his beloved sister, Hendrika “Hennie” Cantwell, MD. I’d met Hennie and her husband Bill while on a ski vacation
Read moreAn Audience of One
The King of Kings has granted us an audience. Why would we be anything less than forthright?
Read moreShoot The Moon
“In the game of pitch, you can shoot the moon with only an ace and a deuce – providing it’s the first hand of a new game.” This is the kind of wisdom I learned
Read moreA Gift to the Giver in Swahili
We arrived in Nakuru, Kenya packed twelve across in a small mini-van with room for six. It was my first missionary trip and the first for many in our group. Our destination was Mama Helen’s
Read moreComing Together
“The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the maker of them all.” -Proverbs 22:2 by Tina Ann Forkner This year the lines between those in need and those with enough
Read moreJessica Years 01, Month 2 – October 2011
It is almost October and I am in Kroger’s, looking for canned pumpkin. Here’s the situation. I’ve just lost my steady employment, so I’m only buying necessities. I won’t be home until 6 and my
Read moreA Love that Changes Everything
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:7-8 ESV)
Read moreThe Year of Firsts
THE YEAR OF FIRSTS by Jean Ann Williams Imagine a young son who has struggled his whole life with pain and illness. His parents have cared for his physical needs and felt responsible for his
Read moreHe Hears the Cries
by Leah Morgan God still speaks and He still hears the cries of those who speak to Him. He’ll do the impossible and miraculous to answer those desperate cries. Here’s the true account of my
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