“God bless you, Hugh.” I was ending one pastoral call when the telephone immediately began ringing again. I had not even finished summarizing my notes from the conversation with Hugh, but an unmistakable impression settled on my heart: Take this call. I answered,...

It had been more than a decade since our niece Andrea and her two sons made the trip north from Texas to visit us. Usually, we are the ones traveling south for Christmas, so having them with us for the weekend felt like a special gift from the Lord. Andrea’s boys are...

We first met little Sarah when the Make-A-Wish Foundation sponsored her trip to 3ABN. She was only seven years old, already a weathered warrior from her battle with brain cancer. Yet despite all she had endured, the joy that overflowed from her heart was contagious....