By Luann Anderson, YWAM Publishing In the spring of 1976 my mom loaded up our red and brown Ford Country Squire station wagon with teenage girls and drove my friends and I to the Billy Graham Crusade in Seattle, Washington. The event took place in the newly opened Kingdome, home to the Seattle Seahawks football team, … Continue reading
By Ryan Davis, editor at YWAM Publishing I’ve read compelling books that discourage small talk. Don’t we have anything deeper to talk about than sports, food, and the weather? I understand the point, and it’s an important one. But I’m going to talk about the weather anyway, because in the previous blog post Kate spoke … Continue reading
By Kate Shramek, YWAM Publishing My resume as a gardener is fairly brief. And my early experiences—or rather experiments—with plants has revealed that my thumb is any color but green. However, these experiments have not stopped my endeavors to grow plants and learn more about them. Through the process, I have fallen in love with … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, Editor at YWAM Publishing Early in the morning of September 29, 1982, a twelve-year-old Illinois girl died after taking a capsule of Extra Strength Tylenol. Six others who took the medicine also died. Soon investigators discovered a link to the medication. Someone had entered supermarkets and drugstores over several weeks, removed packages … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, editor at YWAM Publishing My introduction to horseback riding took place at the young age of seven, when my mom signed me up for Girl Scouts. I was content to become part of a wholesome organization—weekly meetings, community projects, and cookie selling—but what I really wanted out of the experience was to … Continue reading
Dr. Ida Scudder (1870–1960) courageously and compassionately took on the challenge of treating women who were dying in India. She pioneered a first-rate medical school and hospital, brought life-saving health care to rural people, and left and inspiring legacy that still touches millions of people each year with healing and hope. One of our readers, … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, editor at YWAM Publishing My eighteen-year-old daughter Rebekah, a foodie like me, appreciates good cuisine all year round. Birthday celebrations, however, take it up a notch, and in our family, every detail of the menu is selected by the birthday honoree. Last year Rebekah ordered fresh crab (we cook them live), artichokes … Continue reading
Here’s another great addition to our best-selling Christian Heroes: Then & Now series: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) As Dietrich sang the German national anthem, he contemplated the devastation Hitler and the Nazis were perpetrating on Europe. Dietrich would do whatever he could to stop them, even if it meant pulling the trigger on the führer himself. … Continue reading
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