Truth and Beyond

This true-life story is written with the permission of Gabriella.   (All names have been changed to protect identities)          “Stop it! Stop it!” 3-year-old Gabriella screamed in her mind as she huddled behind the chair in the living room.  She thought, “Why can’t her cousin, Susie, just be good.  She was always bad.  Susie’s…

Both my parents were followers of Jesus. They taught me about Jesus when I was a child. Since my dad was in the military and we moved frequently, we attended many different churches so I did not have a consistent church upbringing. I knew to be a follower of Jesus a person needed to repent…

Words are very important. They can change the course of history or they can change the course of just one person’s life. The dilemma is; are the words deceptive or are the words truth? How do we decern a truth or a lie? Are the words spoken from a selfish motivation or from selfless love?…