Eric heard about Jesus rsquo love for him while in his early twenties He started attending church where he met someone who helped him grow to know Jesus better It wasn rsquo t long before Eric rsquo s mentor assigned him to teach a small group of boys at church Through the years God drew Eric rsquo s heart to help at-risk youth in his city to visit the elderly and to show hospitality to his neighbors mdash all for God rsquo s honor Now in his late fifties Eric explains how grateful he is that he was taught early [... more]

Always a busy guy Carson hunted fished rode dirt bikes and skateboarded He loved everything outdoors But he was in a motorcycle accident and became paralyzed from the chest down Soon depression sank in and he didn rsquo t see much of a future Then one day some of his buddies got him to go hunting again For a time he forgot about his injury as he enjoyed the beauty around him This experience brought him inner healing and inspired a new purpose for his life mdash to provide the same experience for others like him through a nonprofit organization [... more]

Collin and his wife Jordan wandered through the craft store looking for a picture to hang in their home Collin thought he rsquo d found just the right piece and called Jordan over to see it On the right side of the ceramic artwork was the word grace But the left side held two long cracks ldquo Well it rsquo s broken rdquo Jordan said as she started looking for an unbroken one on the shelf But then Collin said ldquo No That rsquo s the point We rsquo re broken and then grace comes in mdash period rdquo They [... more]

His name is Dnyan and he considers himself a student of the world And ldquo this is a very big school rdquo he says of all the cities and towns he rsquo s passed through He began a four-year journey on his bicycle in to meet and learn from people When there rsquo s a language barrier he finds that sometimes people can understand just by looking at each other He also depends on a translation app on his phone to communicate He doesn rsquo t measure his journey in the miles he rsquo s traveled or the sights he [... more]