The Baby Born in the Shelter
The night the baby came, the rain had already soaked through the roof of the shelter, dripping in irregular rhythms onto the concrete floor. The generator was out again, and the only light came from […]
Faith Focus: Christian Stories
The Day He Met the Man He Tried to Kill
He had memorized the sound of gravel under combat boots. It stayed with him long after the war ended, long after the uniform had been folded and boxed away in the attic. But today, the […]
The Teacher Who Brought Her Students to Christ
Miss Evelyn always arrived ten minutes before the bell, her shoes quiet on the polished floors of Rosemont Middle School, her cardigan sleeves pushed up just past her elbows. She taught literature, not religion. There […]
The Soldier Who Refused to Hate
It was spring in the hills of southern France, and the air carried that sweet, almost deceptive calm that comes before war’s memory wakes again. The small chapel outside the village of Montbrun still bore […]
A Firefighter’s Last Prayer
The smoke curled upward like black ribbons against the gray morning sky, and the air carried the kind of silence that only follows chaos. Caleb knelt by the edge of what had been a nursery […]
The Wallet with No Name
He found it by the roadside, half-buried in slush and gravel, the kind of gray midwinter grime that coats everything after too many snowfalls and too few clear skies. It was early morning—too early for […]
The Scar That Told a Different Story
Elliot wore the scar like a secret. It curved just above his left brow, the faint pinkish line barely visible unless the light caught it just right. In high school, he told people he got […]
The Old Woman Who Prayed in Silence
She sat in the back pew, fourth from the end, always on the left. No one knew her name. The church was half full most Sundays, more on holidays, but she was always there before […]
The Man Who Heard God’s Voice in Prison
The guards called him “Ghost.” Not because of anything supernatural—though some swore they saw him talking to the air, eyes fixed on something no one else could see—but because he moved through the prison like […]
A Knife, a Bible, and a New Heart
The knife was sharp, and his fingers trembled as he held it. Jorge had done this before—too many times to count. Not to himself, but to others. There was a rhythm to survival in the […]