On vacation our family was traveling through an area of the Colorado Rockies called “Little Switzerland.” When our daughter Jill was driving over a dangerous mountain pass, the car stalled on a steep incline, disabling the power steering and power brakes. She was able to stop the car in the middle of the road, not far from a steep drop-off. Together we rolled the stalled car across the road to a slightly wider spot. Then we prayed, asking God to send us help because we really didn't know what to do.

Almost immediately, a stranger stopped to help. He drove us into town, connected us with a mechanic and took us to a motel. When I offered to pay him he refused and said, “Someday you help out someone else.” And that is the essence of Christian sharing.