Our Heavenly Father Sees and Knows

Our Heavenly Father Sees and Knows

Somewhere in the Judean Desert, 2017. iPhone photo by me 😊 One of the most universal things about suffering is that when your time comes to experience it, you feel like you’re going through it alone. Nobody understands. It’s isolating. Sometimes it’s just a feeling...
God Brings Life From Death

God Brings Life From Death

“The LORD brings death and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and raises up. The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and he exalts. He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the needy from the ash heap.” 2 Samuel 2:6-8   Besides the Bible, my...
Twelve Reasons to Hope Despite Your Grief

Twelve Reasons to Hope Despite Your Grief

Facebook has a way of jogging your memory as you’re going about your business and not realizing what day it is. This week, as I opened the app to scroll for a bit, a memory was at the very top of the screen, “12 years ago today…” Three Land Rovers were parked in a...
Diving Deep

Diving Deep

Sitting on the shore, the balmy weather captivated us as we took in the beauty and surprising glory of the moment.  The rain threatened to soak us, so we figured we might as well get wet in the water.  Awkwardly, we backed into the breaking waves and plunged into our...
MY Part of the Spear

MY Part of the Spear

Reflections on my position as a Mobilizer one year in…   In the greater missions community, we refer to the most remote, unreached places of the world as “the tip of the spear” and, though it is an intensely difficult, risky, and often long-suffering service to...