Jun 9, 2021 | Devotions
A recent survey asked respondents to identify the age at which they believed they became adults. Those who considered themselves adults pointed to specific behaviors as evidence of their status. Having a budget and buying a house topped the list as being marks of...Jun 8, 2021 | Devotions
After being informed of a 911 call from a concerned citizen, a police officer drove alongside the train tracks, shining his floodlight into the dark until he spotted the vehicle straddling the iron rails. The trooper’s dashboard camera captured the harrowing...Jun 7, 2021 | Devotions
Sojourner Truth, whose birth name was Isabella Baumfree, was born a slave in 1797 in Esopus, New York. Though nearly all of her children were sold as slaves, she escaped to freedom in 1826 with one daughter and lived with a family who paid the money for her freedom....Jun 6, 2021 | Devotions
Inside my parents’ old photo album is a picture of a young boy. He has a round face, freckles, and straight light-blond hair. He loves cartoons, hates avocado, and owns just one record, by Abba. Also inside that album are pictures of a teenager. His face is...Jun 5, 2021 | Devotions
Xochitl E. Dixon Suggested Reading: Romans 12:9–13 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 Rogelio served as our waiter during our weeklong vacation. During one conversation, he credited Jesus for...Jun 4, 2021 | Devotions
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old. According to news reports, the younger teen was “shot . . . because of his [athletic] jacket.” Sentenced to life in prison, the three spent thirty-six years behind bars before...