Christian Stories

The Forgotten Hymn

The Forgotten Hymn

The pews smelled of old varnish and dust, and the winter air that filtered in through the crack in the stained glass made Eleanor...
He Found Jesus in a Refugee Camp

He Found Jesus in a Refugee Camp

The smell of kerosene and boiled lentils hung in the air, clinging to the canvas walls like old sorrow. Amir sat outside the tent,...
The Man Who Forgave Himself

The Man Who Forgave Himself

He had stared at the same cracked window for three years. Every morning, the same light slipped through it—the broken pane bending...
A Firefighter’s Last Prayer

A Firefighter’s Last Prayer

The smoke curled upward like black ribbons against the gray morning sky, and the air carried the kind of silence that only follows...
The Woman Who Touched the Broken Window

The Woman Who Touched the Broken Window

It was the kind of house people forgot. Ivy crept like green veins over the chipped stone, and a single window, shattered in its t...
The Night the Stars Looked Like Angels

The Night the Stars Looked Like Angels

He had never noticed the stars before that night. Not really. They had always been distant, cold specks to him—pinned too far abov...
The Murderer Who Met His Victim’s Father

The Murderer Who Met His Victim’s Father

The prison cafeteria smelled of bleach and instant coffee. A guard leaned against the far wall, arms crossed, watching with that h...
The Widow Who Fed a Prophet

The Widow Who Fed a Prophet

The drought had not broken in over a year. Every leaf in Zarephath had withered into brittle dust. The earth cracked beneath sanda...
The Teacher Who Brought Her Students to Christ

The Teacher Who Brought Her Students to Christ

Miss Evelyn always arrived ten minutes before the bell, her shoes quiet on the polished floors of Rosemont Middle School, her card...
The Mirror That Showed Her Soul

The Mirror That Showed Her Soul

The mirror had always hung there—above the old oak dresser, between the two arched windows of her grandmother’s room. Emily rememb...