It’s the day after Mother’s Day, and I’m sitting alone in the quiet early morning hours. Getting up early isn’t new to me. While I’d love to enjoy a late-morning lie-in, my…
When bad things happen it's easy to fall prey to the thinking of, "Why me?" Our family has gone through the wringer with bad things happening in recent months/years. We've…
I’ve lived in Africa since 1987, and this experience has challenged and transformed me. I have learned languages, customs, and cultural cues very different from mine. Initially, I resisted the…
I wasn't expecting this memory to come up today. It's been eleven years since my brother, Matthew, passed away. In the past few weeks, I've been thinking about Matthew. While…
Simply put, brokenness and scars make us perfect candidates to carry God into a broken world. We can relate! This also means that when we are out among the storms and waves of this world, we will be wounded again.
I want to share a bit of my life as a missionary. This entry is from November 2023, after I returned from a community clinic we hosted in Malawi. It was a…
I wrote this when tomorrow came. For me, there’s a tomorrow I’ll never forget. The phone rang. I immediately picked up and heard my daughter Mandy's voice on the other…
A long time ago, I was a wallflower. I was quiet and kept to myself in a crowd. I’m still like that from time to time. When I’m in a…
Did you ever think that God does what He does for you just because He loves you? I was reading this morning in Genesis 19 about the destruction of Sodom.…
Take some time to be thankful today. I have gained perspective as I've grown older. It’s an inevitable consequence of going through the school of life. Having perspective is one…
