The Day God Spoke Through a Stranger
It was the kind of morning that didn’t hint at anything divine. Gray clouds rolled low, the sky as tired as Leah felt. She sat in her parked car outside the strip mall laundromat, watching […]
Faith Focus: Christian Stories
A Pastor in the Bar at Midnight
The neon sign buzzed quietly above the doorway, flickering between “OPEN” and a barely-lit halo of burnt-out reds. Inside, the bar was mostly empty, save for a few hunched shoulders and scattered murmurs lost in […]
The Candle That Wouldn’t Go Out
It was an old church tucked away behind crumbling stone walls and forgotten ivy. The kind of place people passed without seeing, as if God had folded it quietly into the corner of the world. […]
The Last Song She Ever Sang
The old church sat at the edge of the town like a forgotten prayer—its stone walls softened by moss, its steeple leaning ever so slightly toward heaven. Most drove past it without a second glance, […]
Grace Came in the Middle of the Divorce
The house was too quiet for a Saturday. Sarah sat at the kitchen table, a chipped mug of coffee cooling beside her untouched. Outside, the world carried on — lawnmowers buzzing, a child’s laughter from […]
The Boy Who Gave Up His Only Coat
The first snowfall came early that year. By mid-November, the hills of West Haven were already powdered white, and breath hung in the air like little ghosts. Schoolchildren clomped along icy sidewalks, scarves bundled high […]
The Prisoner Who Found Freedom in Chains
The first time the cell door slammed shut behind Marcus, he felt like the world had finally given up on him. Not that he didn’t deserve it—he had burned every bridge, scorned every kindness, and […]
The Man Who Built His House on Sand
It was not the waves that came first, but the wind. A sharp wind that rattled the shutters of the village homes and blew dry leaves across the narrow dirt roads like a whisper from […]
When the Atheist Cried Out to Jesus
It was just past midnight when the rain began. Not the soft, cleansing kind of rain that hushes the world into sleep—but a wild, slashing storm that rattled windows and carved rivers into the cracked […]
A Letter Found in the Hospital Bible
A Letter Found in the Hospital Bible It was tucked in the middle of Psalms, as if resting there had given it peace. Nurse Ellen didn’t notice it at first. The Bible sat on the […]