The Faith of Bartimaeus It was just another day in the life of Bartimaeus. He sat beside the road in the dust, the sun beating down on his head, hoping that a few kind-hearted people who passed by would give him enough money to buy food. That’s the way many blind people made a living in […]
The Mother of a King and the Wife of an Evil Man
I’m fascinated by stories of little known people in the Bible. One of those people was the mother of King Hezekiah. This is a previously published story but it’s still true today. With Mother’s Day approaching, I thought it was especially meaningful, illustrating the significance of the most important job in the world–being a mom. […]

Those Ten Plagues of Egypt
The story of the ten plagues the Lord sent on Pharaoh and his people is familiar to most of us. I’ve read it many times but not until lately had I realized that each plague pointed to a certain Egyptian deity. We all know the story of how Moses was to lead the people of Israel […]

Easter Morning and the Easter Egg Tree
·The following story is an excerpt from The Heritage of Etta Bend, a story my mother told me about her childhood in northeast Oklahoma. The “I” is my mother, Susie Latty Day. I thought it was appropriate for this Easter, 102 years after it happened. Mom told me this story and I wrote it to […]

The Angels We Cannot See
·Do You Believe in Angels? A friend and I were visiting yesterday. She was feeling discouraged and sad because of some things over which she had no control. She was worried but she is a Christian and was reminding herself that God knows her troubles. We all feel overwhelmed sometimes and have no idea which […]