Harvard professor Robert Putnam wrote a book years ago called Bowling Alone, which documents the decline in community life in America since the 1960s.

Eugene Peterson, who translated The Message Bible, points out that what a lot of people call “hope” is really something different.

When your kitchen knives get dull, chances are you have a handy tool in a drawer that allows you to resharpen the blade with a few simple strokes of the metal across the tool.

So begins a well-known hymn from the 1960s that echoes the words of Jesus, spoken in John 13.

A story is told of a pastor who was preparing his Christmas message when he fell asleep in his study at the church.

A young boy who grew up in England during the dark years of World War II had a picture of his father on the kitchen table.

A missionary in Mexico told about a village where he was doing ministry.

Pastor Warren Wiersbe tells the story about a ministerial student named Edward Spencer.

Corrie Ten Boom in her book, Reflections of God’s Glory, shared the story of a Christian man she met in Africa who had bandaged hands.

Gary Thomas, in his book Authentic Faith, describes a friend of his named Mike. He met Mike when he went to college.