This past weekend, I had the privilege of speaking up in Maine at Living Waters Bible Camp. Believe me, the setting was magical… …the women eager to hear from the Lord… …the worship incredible… …the weather perfect… …and,…
While we were on the mission field in Kenya, news arrived on our doorstep of several Christians martyred for their faith just north of us in Yemen. For me, this was the first time I really had to sit…
I’ve continued to reflect on that week we spent in Boone, NC back in 2014 (if you didn’t read last week’s blog, stop now and do so for a bit of context). Link here. I learned a lot about…
Back in 2014, Bay and I were asked by a friend of ours (who works closely beside Franklin Graham at Samaritan’s Purse) to fly back to Boone, NC to assist with the debrief of their Liberia team. This team…
Last week I mentioned my focus over the next few weeks will center itself in the arena of suffering. It wasn’t by choice, but rather fell into my lap as the result of the final speaking session on my…
No one (least of all myself) likes to talk about suffering. However, I’ve come to realize over the past several years (especially, I guess, through the “Season of COVID”) that there is a great need to discuss it within…
The last few weeks have been busy ones; two weekend women’s retreats and one, ten day conference for “m” workers (global workers, ministry partners). I’ve loved every second of every minute. The conference took place on a cruise ship…
Monday swept into our lives like water rushing through broken pipes underground….and, actually that was (literally) part of the problem. The fact it was Monday, following a weekend of being away speaking at a women’s retreat, should have been…
Sometimes I sit with eyes wide at the harshness of Paul’s words to his beloved churches as he writes his letters. Often, what he says, or the way he says it, gets lost in our English translation; and, yet,…