Category: Challenge Central

By: Lars Janssen     I think I stopped arm wrestling after I lost to my oldest nephew. As I recall, it was over a park bench in Paris, Ontario, and the loss was entirely unexpected. I’m not even sure I was in my 30s yet. But the contest had been fair, and the outcome […]

By: Rebecca Feere     Anyone who knows me knows that my natural speed is slower than most. I need time — to process, to decide, to take that first step. For much of my life, I felt like an oddball because of this.    I grew up hearing, “Hurry up!” “Make up your mind!” I […]

By: John Kerr      I remember still, walking in Glasgow and coming across a man working in an open chamber in the sidewalk. I couldn’t help watching as he worked with a cable full of multicoloured wires. I was transfixed as I watched him sort through hundreds of different wires. He was working with a telephone cable long […]

By: Eric Comer   Late last summer, our youngest grandson, Silas had a great time playing in the dirt. Needless to say, the dirt got the better part of him. Mom and Dad were away, and Grammy and Papa had the responsibility of cleaning him up. Grammy had him in the tub, and Papa was […]

By: Ed Sywyk   I love Jesus with all my heart and I make Him first in my life, but I also have a strong desire to eat. I don’t see this as gluttony, but as something that makes me feel good. I was told by a friend, “some people eat to live, but you […]