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11
Jul

Sorrow and Suffering: What We Don’t See, Part 3

From my house to yours, we pray you enjoyed your Fourth of July and reflected on all the reasons we set this holiday aside each year… For Bay and I, we enmeshed ourselves in family-doings, and had an opportunity…

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27
Jun

Sorrow and Suffering: What We Don’t See, Part 2

  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,…

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20
Jun

Sorrow and Suffering: What We Don’t See, Part 1

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…

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13
Jun

Naming Your Pain

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…

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6
Jun

Grace and Suffering: How the Two Meet Shade for Shade

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…

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30
May

Learning from Sorrow and Suffering!

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…

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23
May

Building a Biblical Theology of Suffering

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…

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16
May

CRISPY! And a way to re-hydrate.

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…

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9
May

Grace is…

  This past week two things in my world collided to bring together this current post.  First, each Wednesday I receive a “Wednesday’s Word” written by Paul David Tripp. Behind by a week or two, I caught up and…

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2
May

REJOICE AND BE REASONABLE.

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…

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