Light One Candle – the blog of The Christophers – Page 5 – "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness" (The Christopher motto)

Learning From Parables and Becoming God’s Storytellers

Stories have power. Instead of telling us how to think or act, they engage our natural human curiosity to show

“I’m feeling fit and ready to do God’s work.” So says Deacon Don Grossnickle, who received a diagnosis of acute

Though he had been a hero of World War II, Clarence Smoyer was living in relative obscurity in Allentown, Pennsylvania,

Gary Zimak absolutely LOVED eating sweets. So for many years, he decided to give them up for Lent as a

“A thief and a liar and a near-failing student.” That’s how Gary Sinise describes himself at age 14 in his

On September 5, 2018, 28-year-old Shannon Lapp faced death for the second time in her young life. The first was

Andrew Collins, a corrupt white police officer, told deliberate lies that sent Jameel McGee, an innocent African American man, to

ABC News’s Paula Faris seemingly had it all. A great husband, wonderful kids, and high-profile jobs as co-anchor of “Good

(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Where There is Hatred, Let Me Sow Love,” which was

Christmas is often described as a magical time, but I think the word “transcendent” might be more appropriate. Our souls