Emma’s Story: “I’m not in love with you,” my boyfriend said after over a year of dating. His words and the breakup that followed caused the world to shift under my feet. I could suddenly identify with Charlotte in Pride and Prejudice, twenty-something and...
Nancy’s Story: My sister Emily and I shared the same bedroom growing up and lived together after college. When she married and had young children, our relationship was fairly close. But after her children grew older and graduated from college, we only...
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...
