Anne’s Story: “2023 was a year full of God’s goodness!” I told my Bible study group early this year. They were shocked—because 2023 had continued my series of unrelated health catastrophes. Coming out of the summer of 2022, I was an active retiree,...
Katherine’s Story: From the time I was in kindergarten, being a student defined me. After high school and college, I taught for a year, then jumped right into my master’s program. Immediately after graduating with my master’s, I dove into a...
Makay’s Story: 2020—society in panic mode. Shuttered schools, churches, and businesses. And a catastrophic lack of toilet paper. But amid the chaos of political upheaval and church divisions over vaccines and face coverings, God took what seemed like the...
Tranece’s Story: One day last fall, I took a break from my busy life and went outside, soaking in the warm sunshine and reflecting on what had happened on that exact date seven years ago. I was blissfully in love. My fiancé Terrence had just asked me the...
Hannah’s Story: I slid into the booth at the restaurant, not really sure what the woman across from me planned to say. I had met Elizabeth, one of our church ministers, a few times before, but we were only acquaintances. After we ordered lunch, Elizabeth...
Gretchen’s Story: Five years ago, I graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from Texas A&M. Needing hands-on experience, I took my first job in Denver City, a town so small the HR department suggested I live in nearby Seminole, Texas, a...
