
Feeling for Stones
We stood there on the bank of what back in Tennessee would have been called a creek, but here in southwest China was a river. The woman beside me, an...
We stood there on the bank of what back in Tennessee would have been called a creek, but here in southwest China was a river. The woman beside me, an...
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...
When the only thing that’s consistent is change. When the hellos all lead to goodbyes. When the chaos leads us to crave monotony....
Overture comes from the French “ouverture”, which means an opening. This may be obvious to the musically inclined, anyone who has listened to anything from Mozart’s overture to The Marriage...
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...
There is so much that must die in us in this life. It starts with a thought, a consideration, perhaps a calling. It starts at an altar,...
The time to leave China arrived. As a person of imagery, the only picture in my spirit was darkness; a girl standing on a path unlit and shadowed....
The room was dark when I scooped up the scattered shoes and sprinkled them into the shoe-bench by the backdoor. The host of the podcast I was listening to asked...
These days, I have more questions than answers. When I write my teammates that I have left behind, my messages are full of questions. I’m so...
Savor the moment Enjoy the journey Stop and smell the roses Capture the fluffy moments These are simple...
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