by Valorie Quesenberry | Jan 9, 2019 | missions
She was a widow on this day. 63 years ago. Away from home. In a foreign country. With a preschooler. And all her girlfriends were widowed at the same time. Elisabeth Elliot faced a strange and painful season. And yet, she chose to see it as a season of glory. Glory to...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Jun 30, 2018 | EMT, fireworks, July 4th, missions, romance, short story
It really burned. As many times as Callie had attended fireworks events on the 4th of July, she had never had a spark fall on her until now. It had been an unusually beautiful burst of color. She had been absorbed in watching it until the last glimmer faded,...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 18, 2017 | Christmas, December, farms., mason jar. teachers, Midwest, missions, short story, traditions
(an old-fashioned tale of the season) It started quite simply, as many times these things do. A quart of soup in a Mason canning jar seems such an insignificant thing but don’t try to say that to a little farming community in the Midwest. They won’t hear...
