Real Lives

William Paul Young

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Author

What do you get when you cross a passion for writing and deep spirituality with a love for family?  In the case of William Paul Young, you get a richly textured narrative that penetrates the depths of the  human spirit and massages a crusty heart with the oil of hope.  At least that’s what it did for me.

William Paul Young is continue reading

Greg Smith

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Author

What happens when you cross a passion with sharing your faith in Jesus Christ with your passion in creative writing?  continue reading

The ‘Prof’

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

College Instructor

At the end of spring term at OSU, I left Professor (and Roman Catholic Deacon) Chris Anderson’s C.S. Lewis literature class with the sense that both Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had rehabilitated Christianity. In Lewis’s Surprised by Joy and Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories,” each author articulates a vision of the spiritual life that struck me as authentic, a life grounded in experiences of joy and freedom from self-consciousness to encounter what is real. I felt that both authors had called me to the edge of a cliff. To step off the edge was to acknowledge that full life-the life I was meant to live-meant accepting Christ as my Lord and Savior. This seemed more of an intellectual insight at the time, as though it was something that was “true,” but I did not go beyond that. As the summer wore on, while continue reading

Don Snow

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

US Army; Lt. Col. ret.

When you first meet Don, you may be deceived.   He is a relatively short man with a humble spirit, an infectious laugh and a constant twinkle in his eye.  But continue reading

Casey Davis

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Father and student

Casey is a modest man. He doesn’t revel in nor seek the limelight.  But despite growing up in a broken home he is continue reading

Phil Doud

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

John & Phil's Toyota; Car Dealer

Can a car salesman honor God by selling cars?  How about a car dealer? continue reading

Val Shean

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Veterinarian in Uganda

Dr. Val Shean’s story is a story you must continue reading

Arlene Amick

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Missionary Grandma

About 15 years ago, I heard a representative from NW Medical Teams speak about their work in various third world countries. Their volunteers usually perform Humanitarian and Christian work in two phases : “Service-based evangelism”, followed by “Proclamation evangelism.” continue reading

Eric Peterson

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Teacher

I am a teacher at Santiam Christian in Adair Village, Oregon.  I was an engineer for 11 years and thought long and hard about how to best live out my calling.  At first   continue reading

Fruitfully Anonymous

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Kaleo Life Seeker

A few years ago I just wanted to know what hill God wanted me to plant His flag on top of – if I only knew what great and exciting goal he wanted me to accomplish – I’d go conquer it.

I’ve learned since that   continue reading