I stood at the airport desk, my heart pounding in fear as the security agent rooted through my suitcase. A friend had asked me to bring some Bibles in the local language. That was not illegal, but I suddenly remembered other friends, jailed for sh...

Household duties are mundane, but on this particular morning, I had the cleaning supplies in tow ready to tackle the job I least enjoyed. Everyone was where they needed to be: my husband and younger daughter were in the north part of the island, a...