The Fire That Didn’t Burn the Bible
The fire started in the middle of the night, when most of the town was still sleeping. It caught first in the corner of the old wooden church, the part where the roof sagged with […]
Faith Focus: Christian Stories
The Shadow on the Wall That Looked Like a Cross
It first appeared on a Tuesday afternoon, faint and crooked, on the back wall of the old living room where nobody sat anymore. The light filtered in through the narrow side window, catching the edge […]
The Sunday She Didn’t Want to Go
She stared at the clock on the microwave like it had betrayed her. 9:42 a.m. The church service started in eighteen minutes, and the sanctuary was exactly seventeen minutes away—on a good day. Rain clawed […]
The Woman Who Wrote Psalms on Napkins
She always sat at the corner booth of Miller’s Diner, just beneath the humming neon sign that blinked “Open 24 Hours,” as if the night ever truly ended for her. Most people didn’t notice her, […]
The Convict Who Baptized His Cellmate
The water was cold—just a trickle from the cracked sink in Cell B17—but to Marcus, it felt like the Jordan River. He cupped his hands beneath the stream, his fingers trembling. It had taken him […]
The Piano Player with No Hands
The first time Ellie saw him, it was raining. Not a soft, sentimental drizzle, but a full, relentless downpour that blurred the streetlights and turned sidewalks into silver rivers. She had ducked into the old […]
The Cross on the Mountain Road
The road twisted like a ribbon unraveling through the hills, vanishing into fog and fir trees. Maggie drove it every Thursday morning to visit her father at the care home in Windy Ridge. It was […]
The Atheist Who Couldn’t Stop Weeping
David had always been a man of reason, a man who prided himself on his skepticism. He had abandoned the idea of God many years ago, convinced that belief was for those who could not […]
When God Spoke Through a Dream
The rain had been falling for hours, tapping gently against the windowpane like a soft, persistent knock. Inside the small cabin tucked along the Appalachian ridge, Elijah sat on the edge of his bed, staring […]
The Girl Who Forgave Her Abuser
It was spring when she saw him again—years older, slower, his face worn by time, but still unmistakably him. Ava stood at the back of the small church sanctuary, half-hidden by a pillar, her fingers […]