I enjoy watching nature movies, the grandeur of the landscape, the cuteness of the babies. What I don’t enjoy is the stalking of prey. The scene is the African savannah and a herd of gazelles are peacefully feeding and then off to the side we see the...
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...
