by Sarah Schwerin With my head bowed and eyes shut tight, the lady next to me grasped my hand and prayed. “Dear Lord, thank You for the wonderful plan you have for Sarah’s future. Help her wait on You.” No breeze blew through the camp meeting’s open-air building, and sweat trickled down my back. Yet […]

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Christ’s deliverance from death and decay — then and now. by Sarah Schwerin I clawed and bit myself as tears streamed down my face. Then I crossed to the other side of the room, looked at myself in the mirror, and screamed insults. “Worthless! Ugly! Unlovable!” This scene would replay throughout my childhood, adolescence, and […]

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Learning to do what the disciples should have done. by Sarah Schwerin My high school English teacher stood behind his desk, his steely gray eyes surveying the class. “All truth is relative,” he said. “There is no right or wrong.” As usual, most of the students nodded their heads and stared in rapt attention as […]

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by Sarah Schwerin My mom, a pastor’s wife, once told me a story about one of the many churches she and my dad served. Every week, the church held a dinner before the Wednesday evening service. The meal was simple but filling — hearty soups, sandwiches, and casseroles. When the church began hosting the meals, […]

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A personal lesson in humility. by Sarah Schwerin The day was perfect. From my home office window, the midday sun shone on the bushes out front. A car drove by on the subdivision street. I typed away on my laptop, finishing up an article I’d been writing. Only a couple of items remained on my […]

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Will the real Christian please stand up? by Sarah Schwerin I walked into the school, knowing my first day of substitute teaching would be a success. In my pressed khakis and dress shirt, I looked over the classroom teacher’s lesson plans, glad I’d arrived early. As the first-grade students filed in and put their backpacks […]

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