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When God Steps In

The crew fought to direct the ship's course, but a fierce northeaster drove it out to sea. Strengthening the hull with thick ropes, they let the ship run with the winds. Finally, they lowered an anchor, hoping to keep the vessel from being stuck on a sandbar and battered to fragments by the violent waves. The storm continued through the night and into the next day ... and fear set in. Seizing cargo, equipment and… Read More

What Value Is Developing a Great Physique?

I'm smiling wistfully as I recall the first time I gazed upon my future husband. A friend introduced us on what is now the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. We were young college students, and my heart flipped over the genuine warmth in Jim's smile and the kindness in his hazel eyes. Okay, I admit it. I was also awed by his well-muscled physique. A weight lifter, he was easily a dead ringer for Michelangelo's statue… Read More

The Whole Truth?

I emerged from our pop-up camper just as my husband pulled something from his wallet. Jim grinned. "Can you use this?" Wow! Fifty dollars! "Sure." Just what I needed to take out four grandchildren out to lunch and mini-golfing. "Thanks." I folded the bill twice and stuffed it deep into the pocket of my blue knit shorts. Jim frowned. "Better put that in a safe place so you don't lose it." Lose it? Did he… Read More

Making Decisions

I stopped my car on the white "V" where two major highways merged outside of Chicago. While traffic roared by on both sides, I stared at the sign above the busy tollway. Do I go right or left? To my nervous brain, the sign seemed nothing but gobbledygook. Since leaving home that morning, I struggled with worry about driving alone to a writers' conference in Wheaton IL. What if I took a wrong turn and wound up… Read More