The air in the small Ethiopian village was dry and thin, scented with dust, firewood smoke, and eucalyptus. James sat on the edge of his narrow cot in the concrete room the local pastor had offered him, staring at his blistered feet. He had been in the country for only eleven days, but already the […]
The first snowfall came early that year. By mid-November, the hills of West Haven were already powdered white, and breath hung in the air like little ghosts. Schoolchildren clomped along icy sidewalks, scarves bundled high and laughter quick and sharp like the wind.Toby had only one coat.It was navy blue and far too thin. The […]
The road twisted like a ribbon unraveling through the hills, vanishing into fog and fir trees. Maggie drove it every Thursday morning to visit her father at the care home in Windy Ridge. It was a route she knew so well she could trace every bend with her eyes closed—but today, the fog clung thicker […]
Romans is a divine invitation to grace, showing we’re made right with God not by effort but by trusting in Jesus.
The house was too quiet for a Saturday. Sarah sat at the kitchen table, a chipped mug of coffee cooling beside her untouched. Outside, the world carried on — lawnmowers buzzing, a child’s laughter from the next yard over, the low hum of summer. Inside, only silence and the ache of everything falling apart.The papers […]
Elias sat on the back pew of the little church, his fingers tracing the edge of a worn Bible he couldn’t bring himself to open. Dust curled in the golden shafts of light from the stained-glass windows. The sanctuary was mostly empty, save for a few scattered souls — regulars, he guessed — mumbling soft […]
It was nearly midnight when Officer Brenner found him—curled up in the back pew of the little chapel that sat forgotten between the gas station and the shuttered florist. Rain dripped from the brim of the boy’s hoodie, pooling on the cracked tile floor. He couldn’t have been more than seventeen. Maybe younger. Thin, feral-eyed, […]
The machines beeped in a steady rhythm, the kind that unnerves you not because it’s loud, but because it never stops. Janice sat beside her daughter’s hospital bed, one hand resting on the tiny fingers that barely moved. Her knuckles were pale from how tightly she gripped the child’s hand. ICU rooms are not meant […]
The day the papers were signed, it rained. Not a loud storm or dramatic downpour — just a steady, dismal drizzle that blurred the windows of the county clerk’s office and made the world outside look as tired as they felt.Hannah pulled her coat tighter, clutching the manila envelope with trembling fingers. Thomas stood a […]
It was the kind of morning that didn’t hint at anything divine. Gray clouds rolled low, the sky as tired as Leah felt. She sat in her parked car outside the strip mall laundromat, watching the rain gather in silent rivulets on her windshield. Her laundry tumbled behind glass panes, going round and round in […]