Friday a few weeks ago at work (Ford Motor Company), I had lunch with our Thursday lunchtime Bible Study leader, Carol T (omitting her last name – she's concerned about revealing the drug problem of the woman in this story). She had been asking for donations for girls clothing, girls shoes, an extra bed. So I wanted to find out what the full story was.

Carol is a regular volunteer at her son's high school in Michigan, and the counselors have known Carol as a caring volunteer for years. So when the counselors found out that one of their best students, an African American girl, had…

The Lord and I have had a love affair since I was a child because I have always felt the Lord's touch in my life. I have been blessed to have very holy parents but I have also known many truly spiritual people who entered my life briefly and positively influenced many of my life choices. I have always asked questions. Homilies, class lessons and reading assignments answered my questions while I was a student.

In the early 1970's I had just resolved a crisis of faith which led me to accept a role I had previously relegated to ordained people. Although I was certain that I loved God, I…

This story submitted by Dan Fedder of Oakland County, Michigan, who is a member of a Men's Fellowship.

I have been part of a volunteer prison ministry for years at a prison in Washtenaw County, Michigan. While there, I met a woman that everyone knew only as "Granny". She had been in prison for 42 years, and was serving a life sentence without parole for a murder she committed when she was a very young woman. Only in the past year did I discover what her real name was, but for her sake, I won't share it here.

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, in her waning days in office (end of…