When Rhinos Have Been Let Loose
I recently pulled out the two magazines stored in my cupboard and began clipping out pictures, anything that caught my eye, things that seemed to represent my current life...
Category: Pain and Trials
He Names and Knows Our Loss
It comes in the quietest of moments and also in ones so publicly inconvenient. I swallow and avert my eyes, intentionally trying to push away the words that want...
The Business of Recreation
My family was already in a crazy, rocky season when the pandemic hit. We had been temporarily co-pastoring a church with another expat couple, found out that the permanent...
A Spacious Place
From wherever you might stick your “I am here” pin in the world map I have thumbtacked on my wall, have you felt trapped there? Fearful? Unsettled and restless...
When God Provides Abundantly More
I’m sure you’ve seen the articles and posts about brides-to-be planning their once in a lifetime wedding during a worldwide pandemic. Maybe you saw it and felt a twinge...
Unmasking the Beautiful
Tucked away in the most unsuspecting of villages here, there is a potter at work. His shop is as rugged as the terrain that surrounds it and you’ll find...
Walk On: The Tension in Moving Forward
In some circles my story is really not that unique. In 2019, two days before Christmas, my family boarded an airplane to take a family vacation. Before we made...
Pulled Taut from the Heavenlies
When I hear the word tension, all the negative feelings rise to the surface. I think of tense muscles, hard meetings, and walking-on-eggshells to avoid a burst. My knee-jerk...
Marking the Moments of Hope
A little over four years ago, I had to have surgery in Bangkok. A routine appointment revealed a small tumor and my doctor didn’t want to mess around. I...
He Is Gracious
When Velvet Ashes first reached out to me to write, I thought I would have a million words to say about anticipation. Words about how we can anticipate all...
