With an American passport, a German driver’s license, and Google Translate often set to Persian, I’m glad to be Nick’s wife and boy-mom of four. I’ve discovered that being good at traveling does not equate to being good at managing life overseas. I value opening doors wide for hospitality and doing the hard work of pressing into Jesus’ impact on everyday life. If
I had a day when everything was unexpectedly canceled, I would definitely stay in my pajamas and I’d probably make chocolate chip cookies and eat a significant amount of the dough with my kids.
Running haphazardly through the parking lot, my children were eager to scope out the hotel where the conference was being held. We entered the lobby and were welcomed by...
I stood by the fence, glad for the mask covering my face as I stared into the sunny schoolyard, hoping the brightness would hide any emotion that my eyes...
“One God! No idols!” the paraphrase begins, best shouted. This simplified list, a tool for children to remember the Ten Commandments, still helps me recall the gist of each...
Edging up to the crowd around the stage at the neighborhood’s traditional annual fish festival, the oversized Penn State hoodie I was wearing didn’t stand out as much as...