Masterpiece moment
It’s midwinter, predawn. A woman (O.K., it’s me) is driving through the countryside on her way to a job that is no longer the right fit. It’s itchy and uncomfortable like a wool sweater next to the...
View ArticleNo room at the nursing home
Transition times in life can be stressful, especially when it involves an elderly parent. Add three jobs to taking care of a 90-year-old mother, and life gets difficult. Pat had been trying to...
View ArticleAnother chance to live
Bill Chantelois says losing his legs in a snowmobile accident was the best thing that ever happened to him. The Osceola, Wis. resident told me how an accident that almost killed him resulted in a new...
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YouTube video to the rescue
Mica Marcal When 19-year-old Mica Marcal created a video called “You, Me and Demi Lovato Against Bullying,” she never envisioned it saving a life. But that’s exactly what happened after the Utah...
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Peaceful pyrotechnics
Have you ever doubted God or the existence of heaven? On a particularly bad day, Lisa Erickson, 49, of Trempealeau, Wis., was no longer sure of her faith. Then God reassured her in a spectacular - and...
View ArticleCrisis in a closet
Lacey Scottum was one of four teachers hiding in a classroom’s supply closet, hoping a school shooter wouldn’t find them. But the 24-year old knew there was someone else in that closet, someone giving...
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Thankful for Batman glasses
My husband and I were in a tight financial spot with our business. We couldn’t pay ourselves and were worried about making the payroll. Until Batman came to the rescue, that is. Until that day 13 years...
View ArticleJob detour ahead
When Lee and his wife Ann drove from Minneapolis to Tomah in a December snowstorm to start a new life, they didn’t see God’s “detour” sign. It was 1991, and they were excited. Finally, Lee would be...
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A light in the storm
Record-breaking gales on Oct, 26, 2010 raged throughout the Midwest as a Wisconsin church served a free meal, a meal that would show God’s power in a way no one could have guessed. Winds of up to 60...
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Peace like a river
Anger can ruin a relationship, but this huge debt was my husband’s fault, wasn’t it? Didn’t I deserve to be mad? In 1997, my husband felt God calling him to organize a Gospel concert in our new...
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