Point of View

Numb by Natalie Shires. Grade 12, Covenant Day School, Matthews, N.C., a member of Christian Schools International.

My paintings explore the process and cycle of abuse based on my experiences and those of many others. Each painting has its own theme: “Abuse,” “Aftermath,” “Recovery,” and “Cycle.” 

Though there may be a long road ahead, we can have hope in knowing that Christ gives us freedom. Because of Christ, we can be part of something outside of ourselves.

This photo is a panorama of 21 images stitched together in Photoshop. I chose to include the oil rig to make the foreground more interesting.

In our senior retirement community there is a weekly vesper service.

In my retirement I am pastoring a Presbyterian congregation.

We’re looking for funny church signs and bulletin bloopers.

Why are frogs so happy?

A guest preacher was about to begin the service.

Yesterday I held the door open for a clown. Why? Because I just thought it was a nice jester.

R....

Would you believe my neighbor knocked on my door at 2:30 this morning? Luckily I was still up playing my...

One evening I stopped in the preschool room at church and listened in as the teacher introduced the next “fruit...

A pastor received this note addressed to him and his wife, accompanying a box of Christmas goodies:

Dear Pastor, Knowing...

Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’ house a few weeks before Christmas.

At bedtime, both boys...

As I left the grocery store, I noticed two little kids, maybe 6 or 7 years old. They were selling...

While giving a lesson on fractions, our school’s math teacher wrote an example on the chalkboard. He explained that the...

A young officer is working late at the Pentagon one evening. As he comes out of his office around 8...

My wife deservedly slept in one morning, but the time had come for me to rouse her. As I opened...

We were attending a family baptism out of town, taking the great-grandparents along with us. Dad was 90 years old...

The preacher was sitting up front with a group of small children. He asked, “What do we have to do...

While I was visiting her school, my granddaughter Chloe introduced me to a new boy in her class.

“Hi,” I...