“There were some times when Blaise was in so much pain from the avascular necrosis, it was like someone was taking a metal bat to his legs and beating them with it.” Trusting God is hard when the...
LIFE
585 || God Sent A Cleaner
Lee laid in a hospital bed in Northern Ireland, his lungs slowly killing him from COVID-19. Cut off from the rest of the world to prevent the spread of the virus, his isolation left him with...
584 || The Rock at the Bottom
Paige Pyskoty crouched in the closet of her drug-dealer-turned-boyfriend’s house. It wasn’t her rock-bottom moment, but it was close.
583 || Nora Rose Is Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The medical student’s voice rang clear and calloused over the phone: The test results showed Katie Malone’s daughter had Trisomy 13, a complicated — and often fatal — condition. Trisomy 13 is when...
582 || Grand Theft Auto Saved Her Life
Hooked on drugs, flat broke, and the mother of a one-year-old, Christa Lynn Hicks stole a family member’s car. It saved her life. A Trafficking Spiral Christa and her sister spent time in...
581 || The Secret Faith of Kobe Bryant
"Was I afraid of going to jail? Yes. It was 25-to-life, man. I was terrified,” Kobe said. Kobe Bryant was a great athlete and father, but being rich and famous didn’t keep him from mistakes or...
580 || Why Did God Allow Auschwitz?
I step hesitantly through the entrance of Auschwitz, almost afraid of what I will see. Auschwitz lies in a secluded alpine forest near the city of Krakow, Poland. It’s a name that brings an aura of...
I’m Not Worthy, and That’s OK
It was an old-fashioned tap-off. Sammy Davis, Jr. against Gregory Hines, 40 years Sammy’s junior. I watched, moved, knowing Sammy was gravely ill and about two weeks from death. The biography...
579 || The Move
I have come back to this empty apartment to check one last time that we haven’t left anything behind. I walk slowly, my sneakers whispering across the tiled floors, looking into every corner of each...