Happy birthday to anyone whose birthday occurs when or close to when you’re reading this! I hope you’re having a blessed day! I know that’s a weird way to start, but it’s going somewhere. My birthday has already passed at the time of writing this blog, but it was on a...
Taking the Perspectives class some years ago opened my eyes to a huge problem: most missionaries are going to countries where Jesus is already known, while less than one in ten are going to places where He is not known at all. As we have been called to go into the...
When I first came to Christ in my early 40s, there were some very common scriptures that shook me to my core. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his...
Fear is the emotion I hate the most. In my experience, it is the most debilitating. My other emotions come and go, but fear hangs around like a bad smell. No amount of opening windows, burning my scented candles, or plugging in my air freshener makes it go completely...
As we have gone through the Exodus series, Rick recently covered a passage of scripture that contained a verse that popped out at me: And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. She gave birth to a son, and he...