My interview with the leader of an active Orphan Care Ministry and mother of three adopted children, opened my eyes to the complexities and the seriousness of orphan care.

Stress is the main contributor to many illnesses. It has been proven that stress weakens the body’s immune system and ages us prematurely. However, people all over the world seem to run after it.

Think of the years before you met Jesus. Are those years meant to be hidden away and forgotten or are they meant to be redeemed?

How important is it to know God for who he really is –- the God of the bible? Is it enough to believe in him and to know that he is the way to heaven? Is there more?

Have you noticed that hard times seem to separate people? Given a situation such as financial hardship; there are those who weaken quickly and lose hope. And there are those in like circumstance who seem to thrive. They have a boundless source of strength.

This is the second in Tricia Goyer's Big Sky Series Amish fiction. It is well worth the read even if you haven't read the first in the series.

What do we do when disaster hits? Do we thank God for our safety and wait for the clean up-crews to arrive?

As parents, many of us count on the verse, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” We expect our children to continue living the way they were taught. The truth is that once our children leave home, they make their own decisions.

In the midst of hectic environment, a busy street, bumper to bumper traffic or after a long day of shopping, can others look at you and think, “She is different” or “That person is a shining example”?

Am I waiting for someone who is hungry or thirsty to show up on my doorstep? How do I follow Jesus' teaching in my middleclass neighborhood?