by kingdompen | Aug 16, 2023 | Short Stories
By Hannah HershbergerA boy sits alone on the beach in the predawn stillness, running his hand through the sand. It's cool, the sand, fluid like silk. Not that he feels it. He's numb, not the sort of numbness that comes from cold, but the blankness of emotion that...
by kingdompen | May 5, 2023 | Short Stories
A MILLION WORDSby ANN STANLEY “I'm so sorry for your loss.” “Do you have any plans for what you're going to do now?” “He was such a nice boy, always smiling. Her only brother; it's a...
by kingdompen | Apr 21, 2023 | Poetry
By Joy Calle MartinezLet my life, O Lord, be as fragrant incense ever rising before You;let it be as a burnt offering laid upon the altar of Your grace;let it be a living sacrificeholy and acceptable to You.Let my life, O Lord, ascend to Your heavenly...
by kingdompen | Apr 17, 2023 | Short Stories
By Karynn HecklerSpring “I’ll get there first!” Lillian’s laughter fluttered like butterfly wings. It was spurred by the sight of the boy beside her tripping over his bare feet. Lillian’s gold braids thumped against her green dress’ bodice as she...
by kingdompen | Apr 15, 2023 | Mission & Calling
By E. G. Runyan I thought I saw how stories of this kind could sneak past a certain inhibition which had paralyzed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or the sufferings of Christ? I...
