In Voluntary Joy One of my most vivid memories of Pathfinders is belting out the song, “… volunteers, volunteers, voooooooool—unnnnnnn—teeeeeers!” However, it wasn’t until I had grown up a bit that I experienced the significance of that song. The place was Mexico ... Read more
Not in My Neighborhood From the first day our daughter joined our family at 16 months old it was as though she had always been a part of it. This dark-haired, olive-skinned, beautiful little girl from Guatemala was a blessing from the Lord.One summer as a teenager she e... Read more
The Test of a True Christian A Pharisee once asked Jesus, “Which is the great commandment in the law?" Read more
Seeing Blindly Jerome Groopman, M.D., is a professor at Harvard University Medical School, chief of experimental medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS. Read more
Alive and Healing New Year’s Day a year ago I was in the hospital, recovering from an emergency appendectomy.I had abdominal pain the whole week between Christmas and New Year’s, not too bad, (I kept working) but bad enough that midweek I went to see the doctor. Sh... Read more
C.S.... On My Resume! In April when I was diagnosed with a very aggressive, stage 4, non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer called mantle cell, I said, "I never wanted to have 'cancer survivor' on my résumé but now I desperately do." On Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, when Sue and I hear... Read more
Where Else Would I Be? Christmas is a time to bring the whole family together, to share great fellowship, share great food, make heart-stirring memories all while celebrating the reason for the season. However, oftentimes, bringing the whole family together can also res... Read more
Electric Giving For Christmas 2004, Richard and Donna Hamann found a way to make their entire town happy. Anthon, Iowa, a community of 650 people, received an unexpected present from this retired farming couple. The Hamanns paid the electric bill for every home a... Read more
