Do you believe every person on earth was born with a dream for his or her life? No matter where I travel in the world— whether among hard-charging Manhattan urbanites or villagers in southern Africa— I have yet to find a person who didn’t have a dream. They may not be able to describe…
This story has always encouraged me since the first time I heard it. It involves a special seventy-year-old woman named Mamie. Her faith in God had always been strong. But when declining health required that her family place her in an assisted-living home, Mamie began to go downhill— manifesting things like resentment, suspicion, and emotional…