Seeds of hope: How Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is changing lives
Jere and Emilee Gettle have a beautiful life together. They have two little girls with bright smiles and big eyes. They have a thriving seed business, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, with locations on both coasts of the U.S. and loyal customers around the world. But they...
Read an excerpt from the new edition of ‘Why?’
“You have cancer” — It’s a phrase no one wants to hear. I certainly didn’t. But as strange as it sounds, I now look back on that period of my life filled with hospital visits and radiation treatments, and I feel incredibly grateful. For a long time, I felt the Lord...
Dirty water’s effect on a young mom
Every mom worries. She worries her child will get sick or make bad choices. She worries she’s not doing what’s best for her child. Even when things are going well, moms still worry for their children. They will do whatever they can to keep their children safe and...
The escape from Mosul: Rahim’s story
The smell of burning rubble. The ear-piercing pops of automatic weapons. The sight of his brother being killed before his eyes … These are all experiences Rahim cannot wipe from his memory. He can never forget them. Even when he lies down to sleep in the displacement...
Inside Latin America’s clean water crisis
Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest rivers and lakes. The region gets more rainfall than most other places around the globe. So why is it that Latin America is suffering a major water crisis? The answer — while there is plenty of water in Latin...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.