A woman suffers debilitating physical problems and spends many years finding the answer. She discovers her greatest help isn’t from medicine but from the Great Physician.
“Right, two, three, four; left, two, three, four,” the step aerobics instructor counted. “Keep those hands moving in unison with your feet.” The feeling of…
Never have I considered myself a gullible person. When I held a top executive position in business, I readily recognized the difference between ethical and…
To a thirty-one-year-old newlywed who ran three miles most days and regularly worked with a personal trainer, stairs were not supposed to be insurmountable. Yet…
The strength and stamina I used to have are diminishing. This may be a result of simply passing the age of 50 or of the…
“Have you ever heard of multiple myeloma?” My doctor sat across from me in the examining room, relaxed and smiling. She could have been telling…
“Mom, my shoulder hurts again,” Danny, our ten-year-old son, announced. Our packed suitcases waited by the door. Crossing things off my “to do” list, I…
A month after my near-fatal, one-car accident in early 1990, I first began to understand what had landed me in a large trauma hospital. I…
Michael Dorris wanted to be a father, but he lacked a partner. Did this stop him? No; Dorris decided to adopt. His decision came at…
A slight chill hung in the April air as my cousin, Cindy, and I settled into the back seat of the Dodge Neon and positioned…
A pivotal event is one that defines everything before and after it. A chance meeting, a phone call, a quick decision can be a turning…
I had the same aspirations many women share of getting married to the perfect man and living happily ever after. On Valentine’s Day evening, 1997,…
Hymn of Healing Old words bring new life.by Carolyn Appleyard as told to Dan Lewis Campbell I knew the drill; I’d been down…
A woman fights the frustrations of blindness, but she gains new spiritual sight from God when she allows Him to break her spirit.
Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down And broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after….
“Lord Jesus, save me!” I screamed as I plunged forty feet off the cliff toward the rocky ground below. Friends and youth leaders looked on…
June 2, 2009. Two packed suitcases and two carry-ons waited near the door. I’d checked our tickets at least a dozen times and wanted to…
I’m glad I found out in the summer. I wore sunglasses a lot and could cry without being noticed. I would go on my daily…
Born in Leeds, England, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, I had, to put it mildly, a less-than-ideal start to life. In those…
“We will find out what is wrong with you,” the doctor said with confidence, “but you won’t like it.” His words replayed in my mind…
Receiving the grim news about cancer turns anyone’s world upside down. It did for one couple who chose to see lessons in the experience.
The images on the television screen sprang to life, jerking me back to another place and time. Fourteen years fell away as I saw myself…
I was sitting in my doctor’s office waiting for results from routine blood work. My primary care doctor came into the room, sat down at…
Mark O’Brien depends on an iron lung for breathing, which he has done for 42 years. Yet while restricted to his apartment most of the…
I pulled off the freeway when my buzzing phone showed the medical clinic’s ID. Probably last-minute information about Thursday’s surgery. “Your recent mammogram shows suspicious…
My lips trembled as I stared into the deep end of the indoor swimming pool. It was inches from my face; I could smell the…
I awoke from a deep coma to the gray, filtered light of a strange room. Tubes and machines surrounded my body. I was semi-paralyzed on…
“What do I think about a cure?” I repeated into the receiver. I powered my wheelchair closer. “Cure of what?” My speaker phone rattled a…
Two years ago, I wouldn’t have thought I could learn anything significant about prayer. I had been a Christian for many years. What more could…
“Take Caleb to a nutritionist. I don’t like that recurring rash on his face.” Alarm flickered in my heart. My ex-husband is a registered nurse,…
Biopsy? No, I could not have heard that word. Surely I had misunderstood. The doctor directed my attention to the screen before me and traced…
I felt the pull, then the pain. It immediately slowed my pace. I’d never had an injury in all my high school years of cross-country…
Born with a severe disability called Arthrogryposis, Multiplex Congenita, I have less than 3 percent use of my left arm and less than 7 percent…
“I’m afraid there is no cure. We can only treat the symptoms,” Dr. Price explained, almost apologetically. Speechless, I lingered over her words, struggling to…
What threw me most about my cancer diagnosis was the timing. I know — there are many reasons to go into a tailspin when you’re…
Early one February morning I awoke with a slight dizzy spell. In the pre-dawn darkness, I steadied myself against the wall and made my way…