
Open the Gates
I grew to love living behind a fence, barbed wire and broken glass at the top and bars on the windows keeping fear at bay. I craved safety and...
In 2013, Sarah Hilkemann left the cornfields of Nebraska for the rice fields of Cambodia, where she made her home in big cities and little villages. In 2018, sensing the Father’s push back to the US, Sarah transitioned into her role with Velvet Ashes as the Program Coordinator. She is grateful to be close to family again while missing her home on the other side of the world.
I grew to love living behind a fence, barbed wire and broken glass at the top and bars on the windows keeping fear at bay. I craved safety and...
I had the amazing privilege of meeting Helen Jean Parks while living in Dallas, Texas, and I hope you will enjoy reading a bit of her story and her...
Who are the people who are hard for you to love? I was struck several years ago by a conversation about curiosity here in Book...
Do you ever feel nameless? In Cambodia I called everyone by a family name, like sister or auntie or grandfather. It is comforting in a...
We are women who know how to make meals from scratch, and arrange travel across a large city via bus and train and taxi. We can choose the best in-season...
“Sometimes the holiest ground is the emptiest”. I have not known poverty to the extent Alia Joy describes in chapters 2 and 3 of her...
I had such big dreams when I moved overseas. I was going where no one else was heading, sharing Jesus with those who had never heard about him before....
Today we are welcoming Leslie Verner to Book Club! She is no stranger to Velvet Ashes, as you'll find out below, and I've had the fun opportunity of meeting...
My heart has always been rooted in rich Nebraska soil. As a kid, my imagination transported me around the world and back again, but my feet never wandered farther...
Hey Friends, And now, introducing... you! Yes, you, you who rarely comment or you who often comment. You who are reading this. In a week when...
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