Family.
The word can hold warmth, longing, joy, and ache—all at once.
After the swirl of the holidays, we often feel the ripple effects: the sweetness of connection or the sting of distance. For those serving far from “home,” family can take on many forms—a spouse and kids navigating rhythms of life in another culture, a team that becomes like siblings, or dear friends who fill the spaces left by those we miss. January invites us to take a deep breath and reset our family rhythms—whether that means nurturing marriage in the midst of ministry demands, finding belonging as a single woman, or choosing intentional community when family feels far away.
This month, let’s explore what family means in the context of cross-cultural life—its beauty, its complications, and the creative ways God meets us in it.
