
Three Truths for Skydiving
Re-entry was like jumping out of a burning airplane holding (not wearing) a parachute. Don’t get me wrong…we did everything in our power to “leave well.” I promise I’m...
Re-entry was like jumping out of a burning airplane holding (not wearing) a parachute. Don’t get me wrong…we did everything in our power to “leave well.” I promise I’m...
A little over two years ago as we prepared to move back to Texas, we were packing and purging stuff from a decade’s worth of our life in China....
Thank you so much to those who have already given to our year-end campaign! We are excited to report we have raised $13,427.00 so far! Make sure you head over...
I’m finally arriving at the phase of transition of being able to look back fondly. For an entire year after we returned stateside, I couldn’t look at photos of our...
Here at Velvet Ashes we are passionate about holding your hand as you go through re-entry, because we know what a roller coaster it can be. Most often we focus...
I came home late last evening, tired from the day. I’d gone to a worship conference designed to refuel and renew the participants. Yet, I found myself...
Over the course of my childhood, my family moved three times. My dad grew up as a military brat and always thought he’d settle in one spot, but that’s not...
Our flight only had about 20 minutes left after traveling for over 24 grueling hours from West Africa to Michigan. We were in a small express plane...
In her intensely thought provoking book, The Poisonwood Bible, one of Barbara Kingsolver’s fictional characters has just landed back in America after living in a jungle in Africa. She puts...
If I could write a letter to my weary self in the spring of 2015, as I was surrounded by 20 years of our China life, packed in semi-sturdy fruit...
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