Before the doors opened, I tried to prepare myself for what was about to happen. I looked around the unfamiliar room, appointed with an elegance unfamiliar to me. I noticed the nauseating smell of multiple kinds of flowers melded...

I was nine years old, sitting cross-legged on the linoleum floor of our church basement. Sister Shirley told us we had a really fun Bible story that morning. Noah and the ark. I already knew enough about the story...

I have a relative who is terrified of clowns. To those of us who do not share the fear, it may seem almost comical. But to someone who imagines Bozo climbing into the car beside them, there is nothing...

Every kid forms a picture of God. Mine came from one terrifying illustration in an old family Bible I was seven years old when I opened my family’s Bible and saw a picture that would shape my view of...

He stood in front of the room filled with 50 teens like he owned them. Strutting like a peacock back and forth had a hypnotic effect on everyone, including me. His voice was soft and slow but with each...