Broken and Poured Out {Book Club}
I came of age as “purity culture” strengthened in America in the 1990s and early 2000s. I wore the purity ring, read I Kissed Dating Goodbye, and committed to...
Author: Sarah Hilkemann
A Safe Place to Talk {Book Club}
If you had told me a few months ago I would be starting off a discussion about sexuality in Velvet Ashes Book Club, I would have laughed nervously and...
A Hand to Hold
My team and I made the decision not to return to Cambodia while we were all on a home assignment. Uncertainties loomed when I packed my bags to rest...
We Never Give Up {Book Club}
I am a crier—the tears will inevitably flow when I have to give those final hugs at the airport (whether I’m the one leaving or not), or when a...
We’re Swimmers {Book Club}
Damascus, Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Germany. After keeping a dinghy afloat for hours in sea, running through a cornfield to avoid being caught by the police, being held...
Gifts of Kindness {Book Club}
Think with me about a painful season in your life. An experience that left you reeling, a disappointment or dream that died. Days or weeks that stretched on with...
A Girl and a Dream {Book Club}
I remember so vividly the first time I watched the Olympics. It was in 1996. I wasn’t a huge sports fan, so when my mom started...
Glimpses of Glory {Book Club}
“Waiting had filled so much of the Story”. Always Love The disciples and Jesus’ followers spent much of the time they walked with...
An Abundant Banquet
I once attended a wedding celebration in Taiwan that included a bountiful, 13-course meal. The food just kept coming—noodles, dumplings, stir-fry, soups. My cup was never empty, and I...
Waiting in the Middle of the Story {Book Club}
Most of us have the privilege of holding the whole Bible in our hands. When we read a story that seems destined for despair, we can just flip the...
