A Journey Through Forgiveness
Quite often when I’m preparing to write, I browse back through older posts. It’s helpful for me to find things that I’ve written about certain topics and then find...
Category: A New Outlook
Broken Bones, Broken Brains
My family has endured its fair share of broken bones, ranging from arms and wrists to elbows and fingers. One of the worst breaks occurred at a beautiful park...
This Too Shall Pass
I still remember about 15 years ago, I was at a conference for women working cross-culturally, helping to facilitate one of the discussion groups. I do not even remember...
Questions, Questions, Read All About It!
I always have more questions than answers these days. Sometimes those questions are met with resolve and other times they are rooted in mystery. I ask questions from the...
Change the Discussion, Change the World
Whether at a church or an organizational event, I often find the allotted “meet and greet” time after a speaking engagement awkward. People don’t know how or if they should...
We are Resilient… And We Need Help
Women living and working overseas are some of the most resilient in the world. Think about it (or maybe you already do): we leave the familiarity and comfort of...
How the Church Has Challenged Me
I grew up in a denomination that had firm views on what roles women could hold within the church. While us ladies were not permitted to preach or hold...
Naming Both
Five days before the wedding, the mother of the groom dies from wounds sustained in a car accident. Reeling in shock, the family adds another event to their already...
Trusting the One Who Holds All Things
It was in the final days of February 2020 when we crossed the border into our host country, Mozambique, after a month away in South Africa. When we entered...
Seeds of Hope
We pulled into our new home, ushering us into a new season of sorts. Little did we know it wasn’t only for us but for all of us, all...
