Practicing His Presence – Let’s Taste Shalom

You’re checking email, scrolling social media. You pause to see if this post is worth your time. Will this inspire, encourage, or equip you? Will it scratch your itch? Or will it be more noise in the flow of internet overload? Can I invite to you step outside the noise for a moment? I could […]

A Liturgy for the Fog

For one in need of Shalom In the seasons of life marked by fog, sadness, depression, or loss We know you will protect our hearts keep us from the lies of darkness when we cannot see where we are going When all that pours out is brokenness We know you offer grace the healing balm of […]

The Grace of Stopping

“I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.” Psalm 62:1-2 NLT There is one thing I learned in the last year that has come to help me tremendously. Something revolutionary. Something catastrophic, in the most wonderful […]

A Tale of Two Teammates

My teammate Kristin and I are often mistaken for sisters, and were referred to in Cambodia as “the foreign twins”. We do share a similar build and height, but when you linger near us long enough you will notice the myriad of ways we bring different gifts, strengths and weaknesses to the table. We have […]

This Week’s Theme: Everyday Shalom

Romans 12:1 (The Message) So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. We live love loud in the places we serve, but do we sometimes forget the people we interact with the most? Our family […]

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