194 – A World View

194 – A World View (by Lucas Miles) 
            Kiribati.  Kinshasa.  Eritrea.  No, that’s not tongues; they’re countries.  Don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of them either…that is until recently.  But I’m getting ahead of myself.  Let me start from the beginning. 
When I was eight years old I had a pen pal named Timothy, whose parents [...]

The Password of Praise

This article recently appeared in the Fall edition of the OasNet 8 x 10 magazine.  By request, I posted it on my blog as well.  I hope you enjoy.
The Password of Praiseby Lucas Miles 
            As a kid, my parents taught us a secret family word that was only to be used in case of emergencies.  [...]