When I was in 7th grade, we moved and changed school districts within Colorado. I was a shy 12 year old- an age where it’s already difficult to fit in, much less be new. One of the most popular girls in our grade was having a birthday party, the kind of birthday party people […]
“For everything there is a season…a time to grieve and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3. There is a time for everything. Every culture has appropriate times to express both grief and joy. But what if you find yourself in the embrace of grief during what’s meant to be a festive season? How do allow yourself […]
“He makes everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 Growth takes time. Sometimes in ministry (and in life), it is easy to hear miraculous, supernatural stories of people being healed, of money growing on trees, of someone walking on water, and begin to believe that that is how everything in life should be. We are […]
“I have hidden your word in my heart” Psalms 119:11 The other day, I looked out our back window to see a little, gray squirrel digging around for (I’m assuming) some nuts he must have buried there earlier. I told my son that squirrels are very busy this time of the year because they instinctively […]
Benjamin, my precious son, loves to pretend he is Spiderman. He totally gets into his role, dons his paraphernalia, and makes me be the “bad guy” almost every day. His desire to fight villains and be significant in the world of superheroes is innate. I didn’t have to teach him to shoot his imaginary web […]
It was the kind of day when I wonder why in the world I continue to do what I do. Why are we full-time volunteers in missions, in ministry? Why do we live off the donations of our generous supporters who partner with us in the work? Why do we not go out and get […]
Yesterday during my quiet time, I watched of one of the final scenes in the movie Braveheart- the torture scene where the Scot, William Wallace is given the choice to submit to English authority or continue in rebellion to the king and die a free man. He chose freedom. It’s on of the most powerful […]
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17) Grace and Truth come together, but Law is something different altogether. We need to try to define Grace for a minute. I have noticed the tendency to want to limit or balance Grace (as if Grace can be limited or balanced) […]
Is God sexist? There are a lot of opinions out there. In the world and in the church, but what does God say about Himself? I love the story of Zelophehad’s daughters in the book of Numbers, chapter 27. Israel was a patriarhcal culture. Family lines and inheritance were traditionally determined by one’s gender. But […]
