What Does It Even Mean to Trust God?
Trusting God. It’s that sticky, ambiguous thing that we know is super important. But we don’t often know what it really means, much less how to actually do it. It seems we Christians often think trusting God means hoping really hard that things will work out the way we want. But if we’ve lived long […]
Even Nomads Long for Connection
“What about friends?” he asked me. He was right; apart from my husband, I knew no one in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In fact, I’d never even been to the country. Our organization was small. They specialized in helping those with a particular vision and calling to get to the particular place where they felt […]
Do We Need to Cut Ties?
Steaming mug of coffee in hand, I click join on my family’s weekly video chat. It’s Sunday morning for me, Saturday evening for them back in the rolling Midwest hills. Videos pop onto the screen: my parents on the desktop in their bedroom, siblings joining from spots in college or beyond, wherever the years take […]
Losing Connection and Finding It Again
“O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O Lord. You […]
It’s Complicated
The relationship that global workers share with the word connected is just, well…complicated. We who have lived a cross-cultural life quite simply have different bags we bring to this conversation. We let go of where we once felt connected with hope of new connections in a new place. All the while knowing that we have […]
This Month’s Theme: Connected
Conversations for global women related to online connection can feel complicated! We want to share our lives with others, pour into our prayer supporters, and watch our nieces and nephews grow up. It can feel overwhelming to navigate the choppy waters of security and privacy in the midst of online conversations too. What’s a girl […]