Encountering God’s Character in the Jungle-Desert
I signed up for a Velvet Ashes Retreat in my first year overseas for much the same reason I do anything: desperation and impulsivity. Out of a...
Author: E. Marilyn White
The Gift of Purity
I used to bristle at the word pure. Amidst the #metoo movement, there has also been recent backlash against my passport country's “purity culture," even amongst believers, so I suppose...
Weird Ways I’ve Had to Adapt
Oh dear reader, welcome to the wild, wonderful, infuriating, fulfilling, expanding life overseas. Part of this journey of serving and giving a part of your heart to another culture is...
Change and the Last Page
I'm not a fan of change. When I was five years old I told a family member that I didn't want to turn six; I had just gotten used to...
