Lessons from Village Life
Village life starts early in the morning. The roaming rooster starts his call as the sun begins to peek above the horizon. The neighbor’s broom hits...
Category: Life Overseas
6 Helpful Tips for Mentorship
Over the years, mentorship has meant different things at different times in my life. I’ve learned that mentorship can take unique forms depending on where I am or what’s...
Remaining Surefooted in Unsettled Times
If there is something the world is missing right now, it’s surefootedness. The days seem to be missing the steady, solid, sure steps that normally move us forward into...
What If You Just Stink at Hobbies?
I’ve long struggled with the concept of hobbies because honestly, friend, I’m just not good at them. Throw a ball in my direction and I’ll...
Floundering to Find a Hobby on the Field
Our first year on the field, we lived in Southern China and had the privilege of interacting with Chinese college students who also happen to be some of the...
The Company We Keep
How many countless “even though” moments have I had in my life? Even though I want my jeans to fit better, I will eat this...
A Slow Burn
Like many of you, my story-- my overseas story-- is full of complicated layers of stress, hope, survival, endurance, and resolve. There are highs and lows. We get tired,...
Burnout Came For Me
Burnout came for me about six years into living overseas. It grabbed me without any warning. Sure, we’d had family stresses, team changes, moves, a medical evacuation, changes in...
The Resolve of Staying
September 4th, 2001. Just 10 days a newlywed, I sat on that plane with my hand tightly sandwiched between by his. I could barely breathe. My mind was somewhere...
Gimme a Break
A man’s perspective on rest, healing and renewal I was 42 years old and had been serving internationally for nearly 20 years before I took a...
