Inspiring Stories

Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the mountain climber who was determined to reach the summit of a high mountain. After much preparation, he began his adventure. Desiring ...

Jeremy was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been slowly killing him all his young life. Still, his parents ...

The parking lot filled rapidly on Sunday morning as members of the large church congregation filed into church. As usually happens in a church that size, each member ...

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like ...

Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted an old ...

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. ...

Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. ...

Some 14 years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our opening session in the theology of faith.

That was ...

At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called “Baptist Day”. It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are ...

A very poorly dressed woman with a look of defeat on her face walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most ...