My name is Mindy Gresham and I’m twelve years old. I’m a regular kid with a regular family, but something amazing happened to me once. I’d like to share the story with you; it’s a good one. It began one Sunday in December. I was in Sunday school; I was a little bored, I mean, [...]

Cassie Rivers hated snow. Growing up in the South, pictures of snow—glistening, white, pure—had fooled her. No more. Now she knew snow. It was cold and wet and stung your face in the wind like a handful of sand. And it hurt when boys at school packed it into hard balls and hit you when [...]

Christmas to my family is important because we celebrate the birth of Christ. Usually, my twin and I get tons of gifts. It could be my favorite present or a present that is least likely to entertain me as much. Definitely the best present given to me is always Jesus Christ. But there is always [...]

It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects [...]

From a Christmas Circular Letter THE CITY had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger to our yard, who looked the city, Yet did in country fashion in that there [...]

Mary felt her excitement building as she followed Route 92 into Wahoo. The familiar landmarks she had seen along the way seemed to set off something inside her, like she had found the pieces to a puzzle she hadn’t even known she was working on. This was only an observation trip. She and Jill had [...]

The adoption was conducted the day before Christmas. Mary’s attorney and a registered nurse brought the baby from the hospital to Elizabeth and Kevin’s attorney’s office, where the adoption papers were signed and the new parents took custody. They named their daughter Molly. Mary’s attorney phoned to tell her that the adoption had been completed [...]

Although Mary was in intense pain, the baby had not started to emerge from the birth canal. The EMT ripped open a bag of sterile gauze and a second package containing a thin, sterile cotton blanket. “Pulling in now,” the ambulance driver shouted from the front. “The doctor will be here in a few seconds, [...]

The truck rammed into the left front fender of Jill’s car, crumpling the metal like a sheet of notebook paper. Both airbags deployed, smacking the women back in their seats. After the impact, the momentum pushed the car across the icy pavement and onto a snow-covered patch of lawn, where it half-turned and slammed sideways [...]

Following Elizabeth down the corridor, Mary said a silent prayer: Jesus, please help me now. Please guide me and give me wisdom so I do what honors you. Help me to hold my temper and accept her criticism. Tell me what to say and do. Amen. No sooner had she finished than a strange, warm [...]