A Shift in Perspective
My friend described her life in the past few weeks – tearful, chaotic with unmet expectations, things torn up to be fixed that ended up exactly the same, only messier. But then this, “I’m grateful for a life rich in opportunity to dredge things up that God is working on in me.” Don’t you love […]
But I Thought it was Chocolate
He just wanted a quick, informal tour of the local hospital. We never expected he was going to become the town’s top news story. My parents were visiting me in our small town in China back when we first arrived 20 years ago. My dad, who is a doctor, and my mom, a nurse, asked […]
When God Shifts Your Call
Have you ever lost sight of your call? Sometimes I look back at our years of support raising and think about our naivety. We were so sure that the move to Southeast Asia was the right move and we were certain that God would sustain us and show us the way forward in relationship and […]
The Answer When Shifting is Constant
For the record, I still can not drive a stick shift. When we first got married, my husband drove a little, blue Ford Festiva. It was a stick shift and he tried to teach me in the parking lot of our church. The parking lot was set on a hill, which in his mind was […]
This Week’s Theme: Shift
Times, they are a’changing. Can you keep up? Leaves bleed red and orange, linger and fall. Rainy season dumps its last hard downpour, making way for different rhythms. Instead of 40 hours of work each work, 60 is required, or 20 instead. What you came to the field to do is no longer needed or […]