Me, warts and all, this is who God chose
I loved working with our church's team in Malawi. I recently worked at a free community health clinic in Malawi with a team of volunteers, mostly from the USA. (Sorry…
Thinking too much about myself, how to change perspective
I spend too much time thinking about myself. The space between my ears easily fills with thoughts of myself. I think too much about my wants and the efforts I…
Take words with you, prepare something to say
“Take words with you, and return to the Lord, say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.’” Hosea 14:2…
Three years and then they locked the door
Jesus spent three years with his disciples. Can you imagine the ministry He had with them? First, He called them. For the most part, they all left everything they had…
I want everything in an instant
I love instant results, instant answers, and instant solutions. I want everything in an instant. When I was in school, well before the age of computers and cell phones, we…
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Relationships, an important and essential part of life
What relationship do you consider the most important one in your life? Relationships are an important and essential part of life that we can’t do without. It’s been said, and…
What had we done? How to live above rejection
Stepping off the plane for the first time in Burundi, I wondered what we had gotten ourselves into. After our plane landed, I stood on the airport tarmac with my…
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About fundraising, a necessary skill I’m not good at
I said in a recent post that my husband and I are not good fundraisers. Learning how to fundraise should be taught as a class for misisonaries. Logic says that…
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It won’t be long now
My husband and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in July 2024. When we said, "I do," all those years ago, we didn't consider, or even understand, what would happen…
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No more laundry: a journey in grief
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…