He Meets Us Here
One of the many hats I wear is “homeschool mama”. My kids are 4 and 7, and one of the things I take very seriously in our home education...
Category: Spiritual Formation
Acorns and Oaks
It all feels a little surreal. Last week I was in Uganda with my little family, waiting in uncertainty regarding our two adoptions. It’s a familiar...
Three Words for Those Who Fail at Prayer
Prayer can be our shameful little secret. We are women in ministry, serving Jesus around the world. Our prayer newsletters inspire and challenge many. At our home churches, we...
The Day I Kept Quiet
We were all happy for a bathroom break. It had been a long morning of travel on remote mountain roads, the kind with deep ruts and anything-but-smooth-sailing. Add to...
Beloved
I am an overseas worker. I have a unique, interesting life. I am the one others say is brave. I...
Untrained. Unqualified. Unconventional.
They say that hindsight is 20/20 and my, my, is it ever true. I would like to think that had I known then what I know now, I would...
Emptying the Jug
It’s cold on this side of the globe and I’m making hot chocolate on the stove as I only half listen to the Prime Minister’s address. I’m waiting for...
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...
God, What Are You Doing?
Our mask mandate just lifted this week. It seems that life will be returning to some semblance of normal as we get used to breathing the unfiltered air and...
Fifteen Minutes Matter
I just needed fifteen minutes to step out of my house and clear my head. Usually, I prefer to view the beauty of my surroundings from my favorite chair...
