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“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused…Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest.” I listen as Exodus…
Oh, who could that be? I wondered. I was sitting on the back porch when I heard Toussaint talking to someone with an unfamiliar voice and a strong French accent. Curious, I went into the living room to see who had come to visit. I did not recognize the young…
“Hold onto my robe and come with me.” As Rebeka grasped the man’s robe, she looked behind her as she walked through a place barren of buildings, houses or streets. However, many old men with long beards and white clothing were everywhere. The place was very white. As she walked…
“I am giving Bible studies to Daniel. He has accepted the Sabbath and wants to join our group. But there is one problem. He wants a job. At least a stipend,” a fellow pastor said. Daniel took a Christian name when he became a believer with a Protestant group, though…
Wow! Lemon salt. I have never heard of that before. A former neighbor in the town where we lived for 11 years called and asked me to check on her 91-year-old mother-in-law, who had fallen and suffered a pelvic fracture. It was difficult for her to walk and get in…
The social media platform informed me that it was Christie’s birthday. I sent her a Happy Birthday message and a few minutes later, I received a heartfelt thank you. Christie was having a tough day and needed to chat with someone, so she kept writing: “I am going through a…
The city recently tore out 60 feet of lilac bushes behind our house. They were unkempt and tangled with the property line fence. We were not sorry to see them go, despite lilacs being one of our favorite tree varieties. Why this lack of regret? Because in the summer, their…
“I’m not happy with you having so many children at your house every Friday night,” our landlord said. In the summer of 2022, after having arrived in Croatia only a few months prior, we hosted Friday night vespers at our home for the children in our neighborhood. Things were going…
In sports, injuries are common. Statistics say that 90 percent of athletes will experience some form of injury in their lifetime.1 Of course, some sports are riskier than others. As a wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, I know the odds are especially high. And sure enough, it happened to me.…
Where is she? I thought to myself. I was in our rental van with two sleeping children while Nikki went into the apartment building to get the keys to our Airbnb. She had been in there longer than I thought necessary, and when you are sleep-deprived from jet lag and…