For the last ten years, my life has been a litany of successive ‘yeses’ to wherever God would have me go next. Listening is hard, but it is imperative for good discernment. The key thing that happened was a group of core passages and verses from the Bible revealed who I felt who I have … Continue reading who I am (2023)
Real. Life.
normal, pt. 1
On my first Sunday in the States, during prayer I was stunned when I realized my brain was automatically translating the English prayers into Creole. That’s not ‘normal’ in the States, yet my brain was so used to working hard every Sunday to help me understand the Sunday services that there was no hesitation that … Continue reading normal, pt. 1
tears
My hand was on his arm and my voice questioning what was wrong today, when I saw the first tears silently run down his cheeks and drip onto his shorts as he stared across the yard, refusing to look me in the eye, yet unmoving from my vicinity. Thanks to our younger friend, who was … Continue reading tears
reality
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own. [Margaret Mead] As I have been sent out into other cultures over the last … Continue reading reality
Watson
About two weeks ago I was holding a tiny guy at one of our partner's villages. The team was laughing at me, because it had already become known that I'm not a 'baby person,' yet kept getting handed babies. This particular time, I'd been standing in a group of five Americans, and I was the … Continue reading Watson
witness
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” [Acts 1:8] Beyond the fact that this is one of my absolute favorite verses, and there are plenty of people that … Continue reading witness
hope
Hope is a strange thing, and a lot of times we find it in strange places. Last summer there was this star I noticed that was tracking with the moon for several nights. It was the brightest star in the sky, and the first to show up at night. For whatever reason, it has been … Continue reading hope
steadfast
Today I was driving and saw the strangest thing. We’ve had millions of birds in KC this year. Many times I have thought I was in the middle of Alfred Hitchock’s ‘The Birds’ movie. It is creepy. Super creepy. However, today, there were thousands of birds flying in the WRONG DIRECTION. They were very clearly … Continue reading steadfast
ready
Just when I think I am ready for something...I quickly discover I am not, which is why I choose to live with flexibility that helps me adapt surrounded by others that believe in me and what God is doing within me. But what makes us ready for what this world throws at us? Is it … Continue reading ready
flood
There are many things in our lives that there is no physical action we can take. And that is not only a horrible helpless feeling, but also a feeling of frustration when there is nothing we can do to make something change. When we find ourselves limited we turn to the only thing we have … Continue reading flood
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