In teaching short-term classes, it’s necessary but challenging to get to know my students’ language ability quickly. I often hand out questions asking students to “name 3” of something, from colors to emotions to dangerous situations. Students get...

I finally wrote a letter that I have been needing to write. I put it off for months because I didn’t know what to say. Occasionally, I would try out a sentence or two in my head, then quickly dismiss them, telling myself the words just didn’t feel...

No doubt God has given us fear so that when, say, our kids run out the back door overseas, someone reminds them of the wide variety of snakes they could be irritating. Fear helps us envision what could happen, and make a plan.

My head spun, my throat gasped for air, shallow breaths folding one over the other as I bent over in agony. Numbness spread throughout my body and reality seemed to fade. My first panic attack. I didn’t even know what it was until later. I just kn...