
The Story of the Prayer Chair
A grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of a very special piece of furniture: a chair that held all their prayers.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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A grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of a very special piece of furniture: a chair that held all their prayers.

As she opened her Bible, a mysterious newspaper clipping gave her a much-needed message.

Though she was no expert crafter, she loved crocheting caps for her loved ones and the residents of a homeless women’s shelter, but were her oddly shaped efforts appreciated?

Our search for a nostalgic nativity seemed to be in vain.

New to town, she was not yet familiar with navigating the roads. When she got lost in a snowstorm, a jolly earth angel in a red suit came to her aid.

Apprehensive about her move to a new home, she started taking photos of her new neighborhood–and it made all the difference.

A woman grieving over her sister’s passing is comforted by unexpected gusts of wind.

A store manager shares a joyful offering with a woman anxiously awaiting a mammogram.

Star-crossed sweethearts reunite after decades apart.
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