It was spring 1964. I was a freshman at Newark State (now called Kean) College in Union, N.J., majoring in elementary education. But my main goal was to get married to Prince Charming, live in a cute little house…

My father was born in January of 1907 and lived until October of 2001, almost a whole century. He once commented to me that he had witnessed so many changes as America transitioned into modernity. His childhood h…

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose,” (Romans 8:28). For so much of Judy's life, she had clung to that promise…

Judy was probably the closest friend I ever had. She didn't write this story you are reading, but she did ask me to tell it. What I have written is probably not at all how she would have told it. For one thing, s…

“You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, a letter from Christ. . .to be known and read by all. . . written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living Go…