Inspiring Articles

“Don’t HATE, Corrie!”  Betsie said. It was November, 1944, and Corrie was stunned by the look in Betsie’s eyes, full of love and compassion, even for the Nazi guard who was beating Betsie unmercifully. Corrie ten Boom, younger than her beloved sister Betsie by nine...

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known,” wrote Dr. Carl Sagan, American astronomer, scientist, author, and self-proclaimed atheist, regarding our universe.  He was closer to the truth than he could know then! In 1977, when the Voyager 1 space probe...

It had been seven years since Anna discovered the truth; yet it seemed a lifetime ago.  What lay beyond the veil before her?  A man named Paul had written, as if to Anna personally… “The gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes… to free and...

A big lie has been perpetuated for more than a century, about the character of a character known as "Uncle Tom!" I hope to set the record straight here, and that many will choose to learn the truth, by reading one of the greatest and most controversial books in...

I’ll never forget that day, and that strange ride on the MTA bus line in Nashville! “Do you believe in angels, Mom?” I remembered my young son’s question, as if it was not 40 years ago. My preoccupied response to his question had been a decided, “No!” Personally, I...

Going through my files today, I came across a copy of a letter I had written to Oprah Winfrey, in 2008. A great lady—talented, successful, savvy, and generous in so many ways! That was the day she gave cars to everyone in her studio audience!  She had become one of...

The Fan | Theater from the Heart, we call it!  Recently, a talk show host asked, “Why did you think to set Corrie ten Boom’s story, The Hiding Place, to music?” Others have also wondered, until they hear the songs from our play, “Ten Boom the Musical.” In fact, I and...

Dear Dad, It’s been so long since that last day we talked and you’re on my heart today.  I miss you, Dad! Remember that day, Dad? You sat in that room, mostly silent and sober. I think about that day, and all the days and years that led up to it.  It all seems so long...

Wonder Woman, the latest in a string of blockbuster, superhero-saves-the-world films, is a visual feast for DC, Marvel and other comic book fans out there.  My husband Philip and I grew up when those “funny books” (as some called them) were in every kid’s hands. I had...

Sitting high on a sandy cliff, gazing out over what seemed an endless sea, I remember thinking, "What's out there?" A favorite print that hangs on a wall at home shows a little blond-headed girl sitting on a sandy beach, reminiscent of a place our family lived long...

Since Donna Griggs and I began writing the “Ten Boom” project, friends have been great to recommend certain venues to contact. They named various churches, Christian universities, and theater groups. Also,  community playhouses they thought would “love to present...