The relationship that global workers share with the word connected is just, well…complicated. We who have lived a cross-cultural life quite simply have different bags we...

This Month’s Theme: Connected
Conversations for global women related to online connection can feel complicated! We want to share our lives with others, pour into our prayer supporters, and watch our nieces and...

Parable of the Sabbath
It was our first year as cross-cultural workers in India. While on a walk in the Himalayan foothills, we passed a painted cement house. There a lady sat pounding...

Sabbath Week
This week will be quiet around Velvet Ashes as we take time off social media and our blog. Join us? We pray peace and rest for you this week!...

A Journey Into Rest
I turn off the kitchen light, sink into my seat at the table, laden beautifully with a simple tablecloth, flowers if we have them, our best dishes, the food...

Trusting God with the Rest
Rest. This seems to be something I have been thinking a lot about but haven’t been able to fully vocalize in a tangible way. There has been a push...

This Month’s Theme: Rest
“There have to be times to sit with your gratitude for the good gifts in your life that get forgotten in the rush. To celebrate and play and roll...

Puttin’ On Size
There’s an expression that they say here sometimes that I honestly loathe when on the receiving end. People tell me that it’s meant to be a compliment – that...

Our Capacity and His
As I laid on the wooden ‘cot’ and looked at the wall that was covered in spit, all I could hear was the technician say “disfunction … disfunction …...

Embodied
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;...