Hard times can lead us to good places
In this season of economic stress, many of us have had to lower our expectations. We have struggled in new ways and are asking God hard questions as w...
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In this season of economic stress, many of us have had to lower our expectations. We have struggled in new ways and are asking God hard questions as w...
So many of us are stuck in ruts in life, places where we're trapped by past experience, by expectations, by relationships. Parts of our brain and sp...
Pakistan is a country that many Americans consider unsafe. We know what happened to Daniel Pearl there. We are wary. So what do you do when you hea...
We're all broken, some of us are just more committed to not admitting the fact. We hide in the language of victimization and responsibility-ducking. W...
It's interesting what shows up on CNN in a given news cycle. How many of you were aware of the scope of the floods that hit Pakistan this past week? I...
Our team in Tanzania was robbed at gunpoint this past week. A group of about 15 broke in to where they were staying. Thankfully the team is OK. We hav...
The Watson kids grew up with our kids. Two years ago we went to their graduation and I met Alisha's friend, Kristen. As things go, now she's on the Wo...
The world's pain is something that continues to perplex and provoke me. I've held the hands of dying people, I've listened to them pour out their fear...
Kari Miller is a friend who has developed a deep sense of community with a group of widows in Uganda. One of her best friends from that group, a widow...
From a staff member's blog in Swaziland: When I walked into the room, Pastor Gift was talking with a woman named Busisiwe. I had seen her down at the...